Setsuko, wife of Prince Chichibu, younger brother of Emperor Showa (Hirohito)

Vintage photograph of the Princess seated in a three-quarter length pose wearing a kimono decorated with flowers and mountains, signed in bold black ink with her name alone to a light area of the image, framed and glazed in the original blue leather frame featuring the Imperial Seal of Japan to the centre of the upper edge, some light age wear and minor scuffing to the frame, otherwise in very good condition, 180 x 230mm approx.

***Provenance: The photograph was presented to Harold Caccia (1905-1990) Baron Caccia, British Diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States 1956-61 and as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1962-65.