Princess Akiko of Mikasa

Akiko
彬子女王

Princess Akiko during the New Year Greeting on 2 January 2011.

Born

20 December 1981 (age 35)
Tokyo, Japan

Full name
Akiko (彬子^?)

Father

Mother

Religion

Full name
Akiko (彬子^?)

Japanese Imperial Family

HM The Emperor HM The Empress HIH The Crown Prince HIH The Crown Princess HIH The Princess Toshi HIH The Prince Akishino HIH The Princess Akishino HIH Princess Mako of Akishino HIH Princess Kako of Akishino HIH Prince Hisahito of Akishino HIH The Prince Hitachi HIH The Princess Hitachi HIH The Princess Mikasa HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa HIH Princess Akiko of Mikasa HIH Princess Yōko of Mikasa HIH The Princess Takamado HIH Princess Tsuguko of Takamado HIH Princess Ayako of Takamado

Styles of Princess Akiko of Mikasa

Reference style	Her Imperial Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Princess Akiko of Mikasa (彬子女王, Akiko Joō^?, born 20 December 1981) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Nobuko).

Princess Akiko graduated from Gakushuin University in Tokyo with a bachelor's degree in History. While she was at Gakushuin, she spent the 2001-2002 academic year studying abroad at Merton College, Oxford to major in Japanese art history.

In 2004, she returned to the University of Oxford as a doctoral student at the Faculty of Oriental Studies. Her research topic was William Anderson Collection at the British Museum - Western Interest in Japanese Art in the Nineteenth Century.William Anderson (1842–1900) was an English surgeon who taught anatomy and surgery in Japan and became an important scholar and collector of Japanese art.