This week saw five people honoured at the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo — an art prize awarded by the Japanese Imperial House — with honorary patron Prince Hitachi giving gold medals to artist Yayoi Kusama and composer Steve Reich amongst others.
However the Emperor’s younger brother caused something of a stir at this year’s event with his rather unconventional attire and decidedly bold bouffant.
Metaphysicalmama says
This can’t be real, can it? I love the hair colour and the expression on both of their faces!
Lil says
The woman on the left is the artist Yayoi Kusama. In her 70s, she’s renowned for her unique fashion sense (when I met her in 2003, she was wearing a black dress covered in sequins and a witches hat) and is one of Japan’s most internationally respected artists.
Hanuman1960 says
That’s just wrong…