"The Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne", Empress Masako's Life Story (Part 2)

On May 1, 2019, Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne in Japan, marking the official beginning of the "Reiwa" era. At the same time, Japan welcomed a new Empress, Masako Owada.
Harvard and Oxford-educated, a female diplomat fluent in multiple languages, pursued by the Crown Prince for 7 years, battling depression and suitability disorders, these are all labels associated with Masako.
From a top-tier school's outstanding student to a promising diplomat, and then to a depressed Crown princess, what has happened in the life of Masako Owada over the years? In this video, I will introduce the life story of "The Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne", Masako Owada.

[@nyantapipontikinobinobi5246]

雅子さまは男子を産まなければならないわけではなく、日本が変わらなければならない時代がきているのだと思います。 雅子様の笑顔を拝見する度にお元気な様子がうかがえるとこちらも癒されます。

[@marinauk7629]

12:38 ❤ Poor beautiful and clever Empress Masako! So much talent being left behind and forced to marry, once the Crown Prince, now the Emperor Naruhito. Masako HAS one of the Greatest BACKGROUND, inteligence, Diplomat's daughter, studied at Harvard & Oxford, lived abroad, music skill, with 4 or 5 foreign languages, all together Never SEEEN SKILLS among any other Crown Princesses nor any QUEEN CONSORT that Reigned in this PLANET. Masako deserves some kind of Recognition.

[@agihorvath4876]

Másikon minden tekintetben csúcs szuper.Magasan felette áll az egész japán császári családnak.

[@danekim4275]

Masako could have become the First Female Prime Minister of Japan if she had refused to marry Naruhito, and instead followed her father’s footsteps in the diplomatic arena. What a waste of brilliant mind. Masako was too good for the Imperial Family; she deserved better.

[@OLIWIA647]

Z tym mówieniem krócej niż cesarz to może dotyczyło dawnych mniej inteligentnych cesarzowych dzisiaj MASAKO jest piękną wykształconą CESARZOWĄ❤❤❤

[@MariaReyes-tf6uw]

Woww she is a diamond for the Japanese, such a beautiful girl, smart, pure They need to stop all those ridiculous traditions...

[@user-ls3gn1gh3n]

I am Japanese. Thank you for writing an article about Empress Masako. However, there is a small mistake. It was the former Empress Michiko who locked up Empress Masako and made her ill. Michiko was jealous of Masako's beauty and intelligence. And she ordered her officials to abuse Masako. Moreover, Michiko abused Masako's daughter Aiko. Michiko is a woman as scary as a demon.

[@RainRain-qh9eg]

That’s a gossip! Imperial household agency is a batshit crazy. That’s the truth!

[@WS74128]

😂😂😂😂 fuuuu fuuu fuuuu go awayy demon lady 🎉 , you are sick! Lady , the Japanese girl like you is always Bullying Other girls! , why you Such an Asshole like this channel all kingdom or sultan have a rule and a tradition Value, if you not Accepted in first place why don't you Deny it, it simple like that 😂🎉

[@WS74128]

Why you attack Emperor Mother don't you think is not be like that, IT'S A RUMORS did you see it by you own eyes or hear with your Own ear not somebody gossip here, there or something? Cmon don't be childish, there no one in these earth a mother want her Son life Ruin that's nonsen 😂🎉

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

​@WS74128 When in the 19th century emperor Franz Joseph married Elizabeth of Bavaria ( Sissi), the two loved each other, but his mother was horrible to her. Elizabeth had a son, but her mother in law took him away from her to raise him how she wanted him to be raised. The empress .other continued to abuse her daughter in law and her son Franz Joseph never stood up to his wife. Eventually the 2 separated and later she was killed by an assassin

[@leedonlee5050]

Talented Queen ❤🎉

[@mission292]

雅子妃の境遇を適切にまとめて下さり、感謝申し上げます。 当時、雅子妃は、皇后美智子妃をお慕いし尊敬しておりました。しかし、実のところその皇后から妬ましく思われていたのです。自分の敬愛する方からの心ない仕打ちにどれだけ心を痛めたことでしょう… 恥ずかしいことですが、今では日本国民が周知のこととなった事実です。 あなた様の仰るように、愛子様には虚栄心などの争いに巻き込まれることなく、穏やかにお過ごしいただきたいと願っています。しかし、隠しておくには勿体ないほどに、愛子さまはプリンセスとして立派にお成りです。日本国の天皇家がまだ、神様に守られているとするならば、自ずと道が開けるでしょう。

[@bitrab2304]

This article has some mistakes. Michiko never supported Masako. She is jealous of Masako, so she prevents Masako from going abroad, makes the media write false articles, and takes away Aiko's money for her study abroad. It is said that this is the reason why Aiko got a job.

[@ShinbiBelldandy]

I always felt bad for Prince Hisahito. He’s literally a bandaid on a gushing wound. Just as people feel Masako was used, he’s being used too. Who’s to say he wants to be Emperor? What if he has all girls too? Or what if he falls in love with a non-Japanese woman? They won’t allow a foreigner to be his wife. Honestly, if they want the Japanese Imperial Line to continue, they need equal primogeniture. Male or female, blood is blood. England finally got with it a decade ago. The rest of the world needs to catch up.

[@fuchurZero]

The British Royal Family never knew absolute male primogeniture. If that would have been so, then we wouldnt have had neither Queen Victoria nor Queen Elizabeth II. They had the male primogeniture, but that doesnt mean, that girls cant succeede to the throne. When George VI, Queen Elizabeth II father became king, Elizabeth waa only heiress presumptive. If her parents had had a boy, he would have leapfrogged her and her sister Margaret in the order of succession. But as they didnt have a boy, Elizabeth became heiress apparent. This means for the line of succession: Boys come first, but if there are no boys in the direct line, a girl can succeed to the throne, if she is in the direct line.

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

Exactly

[@rinnmm2523]

The reason why Empress Masako did not appear publicly and suffered from adjustment disorder was because she was forced to give birth to a boy. Those around her wanted and expected it. However, since she was only able to give birth to a daughter, the Emperor and Empress told her that she should give birth to a son that night. People around him began to say that it would be a good idea for his second son's wife to give birth to a son. As punishment, the emperor did not introduce her to parties of international importance. The Empress had her reporter write that she was absent from official duties. Princess Masako was shocked because it was leaked that she had a miscarriage after an early pregnancy. Everyone around her couldn't believe it, and the Empress was always watching over her, but it was the Crown Prince who saved her. He said through the press that he would like them to stop denying Masako's character.

[@gailcurl8663]

It's Actually the MALE Who Chooses the SEX Of The Child!! The Pressure Needed to be on NARUHITO To PRODUCE A SON. ASAP!!

[@user-st3hd9og2t]

ありがとうございますm(_ _)m　皇后様は素晴らしい御方です(^_^)　本当にありがとうございます。日本(*^o^)／＼(^-^*)イギリス

[@lucylocket420]

Hopefully now they are Emperor and Empress Masako can at last become herself and her husband might show love, support and his affection for her x

[@mbronzeinfo7950]

SHE DESERVES HAPPINESS DO NOT WRONG HER AGAIN SHE IS A HUMAN BEING NOT AN OBJECT CHANGE YOUR MINDSET BE COMPASSIONATE WITHOUT WOMAN THERE IS NO MAN💕💕💕

[@annanapoletani2644]

Bellissima Imperatrice di una dolcezza infinita ❤

[@mischabe3]

Everything you say about Michiko is wrong. WRONG! Michiko is a very evil woman. She drove Masako into depression over the past 30 years because of her jealousy. She is a cancer in the imperial family. Michiko even treated her own daughter dreadfully.

[@mairiconnell6282]

Oh dear how dreadful. What are your sources and is she just that type that is jealous, like Meghan Markle of Princess Catherine of Wales?

[@lucylocket420]

Hope now this dear Princess has become Queen her husband will make her happy. Must say the three of them seem smiling so hopefully they are at last happy.

[@gailcurl8663]

Masako is Not Happy!! Deep Down, Her Heart Was Badly Wounded and She Has Never Been the Same Since. Some Wounds are Too "Broken" to Heal. She Needs To Find the Courage to "LEAVE"!!

[@yournamehere24]

Imagine not allowing a legitimate heir succeed because it’s a female. That is lame.

[@gailcurl8663]

OH!! How This Ancient Japanese Culture "Worships the Male Penis"!! If You Don't Have One, You Are a NOTHING!!!

[@cafesun5534]

Is Michiko a kind mother-in-law? Michiko took the initiative in bullying princess Masako. It is not an overstatement to say It's Michiko fault.

[@GlobalPenguin2012]

I wonder who is the master and who is the servant. Seems like the imperial family is the servant to the imperial household agency. The emperor should sack the whole agency and reemploy staffs that listens, understand and follow instructions and not the other way around

[@mao2513]

Masako and her family were pressed to let her marry Naruhito. Don´t know if Kiko had to get pregnant for the sake of getting male heir. She was 40 to get the third child. Felt bad for Aiko. Heard that she was bullied by other royal family members about her look. She is practically the splitting image of her father! All rigid royal family rules suffocate her too much.

[@gailcurl8663]

Princess Aiko Needs to Get The Hell Out and Run Far Away. And Take Your MOTHER WITH YOU!!

[@gailcurl8663]

They Will BREAK YOU Just Like They Did Your Mother. RUN and NEVER LOOK BACK!!

[@annickdingiovanni7353]

Quelle honte que ces traitements d un autre siècle !!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@BudiDi-vd8id]

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[@gailcurl8663]

This Poor Girl was Literally "Blackmailed" Into This Horrific Family. Masako did Not want to Marry Naruhito and Turned Down Several of His Proposals. She Had Her Own Hopes and Dreams of Working as an International Diplomat. But Naruhito Wanted to Marry Masako and That was All That Mattered. He Wanted What He Wanted!! Her Family was Threatened with Total Ruin, Especially Her Father If Masako Didn't Comply to Naruhitos Wishes. She Gave Up Her Lifes Dream For Her Family and With a Broken Heart, Married Naruhito. They "Broke Her Mentally and Spiritually"!! She Has Never Been the Same Since Then. Her Heart Was Wounded and Has Never Healed. What a Horrid and Selfish Thing Naruhito Did to This Beautiful Women. I Hope Someday Masako Finds the Courage to Flee From This Prison. GOD BLESS YOU MASAKO!!!

[@lsmith9249]

you must be such a good friend for her to have told you all that

[@artistuk9590]

@@lsmith9249 You don't need to be her friend to learn all those things. The Japanese media has been vocal in 'spilling the beans' about the terrible bullying she has been enduring over the past 25 years (through till the present)! For me, it was a true revelation to see Masako so visibly happy during their brief visit to the UK! I'm so glad she could experience that sense of freedom, even if only for that brief moment.

[@user-qy4ov8dp5y]

В Скандинавия приеха закон за наследяването на трона на първородното дете, независимо от пола му, в Испания също. Всичко друго е анахронизъм.

[@dalewaterloo]

The Narrator says HOWEVER too many times????

[@ranipanadam9332]

Wickedness is all I can see

[@mariopannach1618]

❤🇯🇵❤ Eure kaiserliche Majestät, ich bin in Gedanken bei Ihnen 🌞😃👍 - der schwarze Drache 🐲❤🇯🇵 , Viele Grüße von 🐍🦊🐰🐅🐺🐻🦅

[@mymail7343]

I was surprised masako was willing to marry naruhito. I'm neither pretty rich smart nor successful like masako but i would never marry a man like naruhito whose too much baggage. I believe he is a good & kind person but kunaicho is hell. Everyone knows what happened with michiko why masako didn't learn? Not worth it.

[@gailcurl8663]

Masako was made an "Offer She Couldn't Refuse"!! If You Know What I Mean?? Read My Comment On Top and I Explain Why Masako Married Naruhito!!

[@seescafedeu]

The pressure should be on her husband not on her.

[@user-ve7ld4ct5k]

まさこさまにも、色々言わせれば良い！

[@user-kk4ho4zf8i]

雅子様のお美しさは、気品漂う最高の女性ですね。

[@user-bo3su6le1i]

I,sta je tu normalno?

[@kimmeilim1970]

Hahaha moso ko instead masako

[@jojinaqica6932]

It's important not to use the Western lenses of individuality, rights, freedom when trying to decipher or evaluate Japanese proclivities. For them duty, communality, fidelity, deference, respect, loyalty etc are what gives life and obligation meaning.

[@mag1071]

I think being married to the Crown Prince was just suffocating for Masako. Her husband, the Crown Prince, did not look after her. Also, the education she had at Harvard and Oxford, plus speaking five different languages and prior to her marriage, being a Diplomat. How many MEN that served in the Japanese Council had those qualifications verses Empress Masako? What a shame!! So glad their daughter Aiko went ahead with her marriage to Kei Komuro.

[@domingafernandes663]

Not there daughter

[@patriciasim2289]

The price one has to pay for marrying into the royal family so think twice or regret later!

[@sheilabloom6735]

Her husband has not been helpful to her. Young girls fled Japan to avoid being courted by the Crown Prince. They were very smart.

[@anemarie2984]

They are very very old fashion 😢

[@tamaramcrae4037]

She should’ve never married him sadly

[@user-to7fq5vf6j]

それは真実です。😂

[@oriellamanicardi2753]

La sua adorata bambina,non salirà mai al trono perché femmina....al suo posto andrà il cuginetto

[@gailcurl8663]

Yes!! All Because of the ALMIGHTY PENIS!!!

[@user-ve7ld4ct5k]

雅子様は、天皇のように立派だから、天皇が目立たない！

[@MI-mu3hn]

そんなことはありません。雅子様は陛下を、きちんと立ててくださっているので、陛下が、日本の象徴として､光っているのです。

[@bitrab2304]

This article has some mistakes. Michiko never supported Masako. She is jealous of Masako, so she prevents Masako from going abroad, makes the media write false articles, and takes away Aiko's money for her study abroad. It is said that this is the reason why Aiko got a job.

[@WS74128]

All Women when they married if in Asian if she the real Women who want accomplish Value be A Soul Mate to her Husband, To be a Mother to Her Childrens and To Be A Hero in Her Own Peoples , She must Sacrifice of all the Private life for her self That's the True Woman , Not Like the Tittle of this Video , what kind person are you? I bet you controlling your Husband 😂🎉

[@nightwishisthegreatestband6355]

No. We simply value freedom.

[@maryettamoody5079]

Sad but you need a real. Actress some one who can put on one good show. Pretend what they want to here and the hellwith the zprralbunch let her rip

[@aramatoulayedabo3438]

It awems like princess kiko got all the benefits of being part of the royal family without all the BS.