Michiko Shoda
(Empress Consort of Japan)
(1934 - 0)
Michiko Shoda is the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial family. While her parents were Catholic and she attended Catholic schools, she was not baptized.
Bibliography
The Animals (1992)
Her Majesty Empress Michiko Shoda of Japan chose and translated 20 poems about animals by Michio Mado for this collection.
Read online at archive.org.
The Magic Pocket (1998)
Japanese children’s poems. The author won the Han Christian Andersen award. The translations are by the Empress of Japan.
Read online at archive.org.