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This volume offers invaluable new insights into the controversial lives and history of Prince and Princess Chichibu - two high-profile members of the Japanese imperial family, both before and after the Pacific War. Their lives were lived both above and below ‘the clouds’, with the princess a commoner in an arranged marriage and the popular ‘sporting prince’, dogged by ill health and his association with the Japanese Imperial Army. At the heart of the book is a complete translation of Princess Chichibu’s original autobiography, first published in a shorter, condensed version in 1996 under the title The Silver Drum , together with a short biography of Prince Chichibu supported by important new data on his role in the war years, thanks to recent access to new studies as well as the prince’s own writings. Also included for the first time is a translation of most of Princess Chichibu’s collection of poems which formed part of the original memoir.

Princes --- Princesses --- Royalty --- Courts and courtiers --- Chichibu no Miya Setsuko, --- Chichibu no Miya Yasuhito, --- Chichibunomiya, Setsuko, --- Chichibu no Miya Hi Setsuko, --- Yasuhito Shinnō Hi Setsuko, --- Chichibu, Setsuko, Princess, --- 秩父の宮勢津子, --- 秩父宮勢津子, --- 秩父宮節子, --- Atsu no Miya Yasuhito Shinnō, --- Chichibunomiya Yasuhito, --- Yasuhito Shinnō, --- Chichibu no Miya Yasuhito Shinnō, --- Chichibu, Yasuhito, --- 秩父の宮雍仁, --- 秩父宮雍仁, --- Chichibu no Miya (Royal house) --- Japan