Figure 1.-- Here we see the Japanese princes in 1970. They seem to be at some sort of school sports day, but it does not seem to be their school. The boys wear identical collared shirts and short psnts ith ejite ankle sovks.

We notice Prince Naruhito and Akishino wearing a variety of outfits. The often wore suits for formal portraits. We are not sure to what etent Crown Princess Michiki personally selected the chikldren's clothes. We see the boys earing romper suits when very young. As boys they wore short pants, usually with white ankle socks until they began junior high school. For some reason, knee socks were much less common. The boys commonly wore double-breasted short pants suits while stillm in primary school (through age 12). They continued wearing the same suits with long pants when they began junior high school. We note a range of school uniforms reflecting the various schools they attended. The boys also wore a variety of casual clothing reflecting the popular styles at the time. The Crown Princess appears to have liked to dress the boys identically when Prince Akishino was old enough. The age difference was 5 years so this was not always psiible. After Prince Naruhito began wearing long pants, they were still dressed alike for a time except Akishino wore short pants. We see the boys dressed alike in both r both suits and casual clothing. Some times when dressed in suits only the color of the ties differed. We also see the children wearing traditional clothing for special occassions.

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