The engagement of Princess Noriko, 25, second daughter of the late Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, 40, a priest at Izumo Taisha grand shrine in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, has been formalized as the Nosai no Gi traditional rite of betrothal was conducted on Friday morning at the official residence of Prince Takamado in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
The wedding ceremony will be held as early as October at Izumo Taisha after the Kokki no Gi rite announcing the wedding date.
The rite started at 10 a.m. in the reception room. In the room hung a portrait of her father, Prince Takamado, who died in 2002.
Yoshihiko Senge, 64, the uncle of the fiance, who served as an emissary of the Senge family, said to Princess Noriko and her mother, Princess Hisako: “I would like to start the Nosai no Gi. Please receive our gifts.”
The emissary handed a list of gifts such as three bottles of sake, fabric for a dress to be worn at the wedding reception and money for fresh sea bream to Princess Noriko, who was clad in a celadon silk skirt.
She replied, “I humbly accept them.”
Afterward, Princess Noriko visited the Imperial Palace with her mother to convey the holding of the rite to the Emperor and Empress.
According to the Imperial Household Agency, Princess Noriko told them that she was happy that Nosai no Gi had gone smoothly.
