Male members can marry outside the family and retain Royal status. Women will lose royal status if they marry outside the aristocracy. In the end it doesn't matter much because women will never ascend to Empress and will always lose their spot even to a younger brother as it's male only succession.
Male members can marry outside the family and retain Royal status. Women will lose royal status if they marry outside the aristocracy. In the end it doesn't matter much because women will never ascend to Empress and will always lose their spot even to a younger brother as it's male only succession.
Is there enough Japanese royalty that marriages can be conducted without inbreeding? Who was she supposed to marry?