LIMA, PERU - 2019/07/10: Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako from Japan visiting Lima officially invited by the Peruvian Government, to participate in the commemorative events celebrating 120 years of Japanese immigration to Peru. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Cover LIMA, PERU - 2019/07/10: Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako from Japan visiting Lima officially invited by the Peruvian Government, to participate in the commemorative events celebrating 120 years of Japanese immigration to Peru. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

日本真子公主終於2021年10月26日與大學同學小室圭結婚了,當大家都在討論她嫁予平民必須放棄皇室禮遇及天價嫁妝時,你知道她實際上放棄了哪些東西嗎?

自真子公主於2016年宣布與非皇室成員小室圭訂婚以來,幾度傳出這段懸殊的感情將告吹,負面新聞與不看好的言論鋪天蓋地,甚至到了今天,許多人都難以給予祝褔,輿論偏向真子公主若放棄皇室身份是很大的犧牲,對皇室的形象也造成嚴重傷害,但是,她與小室圭的愛情終究克服皇室的禮規教條以及輿論壓力,於2021年10月26日正式宣布結婚。

雖然這段童話一般的愛情故事令人動容,但至於真子公主若嫁入皇室能得到什麼?嫁予平民實際上又代表要放棄什麼?以下,本文將帶你了解傳統的日本結婚禮物,以比較上述兩者之間的差異。

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TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 26 : Princess Mako, the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, a university friend of Princess Mako, poses during a press conference to announce their wedding at Grand Arc Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on October 26, 2021. (Photo by SIPA Press/Nicolas Datiche/Pool/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Above TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 26 : Princess Mako, the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, a university friend of Princess Mako, poses during a press conference to announce their wedding at Grand Arc Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on October 26, 2021. (Photo by SIPA Press/Nicolas Datiche/Pool/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

傳統的日本「平民」禮物

日本傳統情侶大部分的結婚禮物都是在訂婚宴贈送的,這是為訂婚雙方的家人舉辦的正式晚宴,傳統上,準新娘會收到一條腰帶,其為意味美德的裝飾性和服腰帶;新郎會收到一條袴裙,象徵忠誠,其他禮物則包括魚乾、海藻乾、葡萄酒、酒桶,這些禮物通常是禮金(Goshugi)之外的額外禮物。

何謂「Goshugi」?

「Goshugi」是禮金的意思,新婚夫婦的現金必須裝在一個叫做goshugi-bukuro的特殊裝飾信封裡,鈔票必須乾淨、新印,無摺痕或污漬,乾淨的錢是尊重的標誌,給予的金額取決於你與這對夫婦的關係;皇室成員是較富有的族群,因此,他們往往比非皇室成員獲得更多的Goshugi,因此,真子公主犧牲的不僅僅是她的皇室地位,她還犧牲了大量現金。

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TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 22: Japan's Princess Mako (R) attends the enthronement ceremony where Emperor Naruhito officially proclaimed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Imperial Palace on October 22, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool/Getty Images)
Above TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 22: Japan's Princess Mako (R) attends the enthronement ceremony where Emperor Naruhito officially proclaimed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Imperial Palace on October 22, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool/Getty Images)

日本皇室禮品

除了上述的巨額現金外,如果真子公主跟隨祖母的腳步,她還會收到的其他禮物是兩條魚、六瓶米酒和五卷絲綢,這些是當她被求婚時,她從祖父那裡送到東京的Shoda家(她祖母的家),不會收到金錢,也不會收到「花俏的禮物」。

皇家珠寶

最後,日本皇室成員在婚禮當天佩戴的傳統首飾令人望塵莫及,真子公主很可能會追隨她祖母美智子和她母親的腳步,他們都戴著由1000顆鑽石鑲嵌在鉑金中的頭飾。

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This Imperial Palace official photo distributed by the Imperial Household Agency, Japanese Emperor Akihito, seated on a chair second from left, and Empress Michiko, seated center, and their family members look on Princess Aiko, daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito, seated on a chair at left, and Crown Princess Masako, kneels down on the floor at right, play with Princess Mako, kneeling down foreground, and Princess Kako, daughters of Prince Akishino, seated on a chair second from right, and Princess Kiko, knee
Above This Imperial Palace official photo distributed by the Imperial Household Agency, Japanese Emperor Akihito, seated on a chair second from left, and Empress Michiko, seated center, and their family members look on Princess Aiko, daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito, seated on a chair at left, and Crown Princess Masako, kneels down on the floor at right, play with Princess Mako, kneeling down foreground, and Princess Kako, daughters of Prince Akishino, seated on a chair second from right, and Princess Kiko, knee

蜜月

真子公主的祖父母在相模灣的葉山御所度過了為期十天的蜜月,並由皇室買單,真子公主和她的丈夫不會享受同樣的奢侈(除非他們自己付錢!),但是無論他們在哪裡度蜜月,他們都將得到更多,因為他們能和真正愛的人在一起。

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