天皇ご一家の静養写真公開　飼い猫の写真も―宮内庁

　宮内庁は６日、天皇、皇后両陛下の９日の結婚記念日を前に、長女愛子さまと５月２～７日に栃木県の御料牧場で静養された際の写真計２１枚と、飼っている２匹を含む猫の写真計７枚を公開した。
　御料牧場の写真は、ご一家が私用の自転車に乗って牧場内を移動したり、タケノコ堀りや野菜の収穫をしたりする場面。子羊を抱く皇后さまや、馬と触れ合う愛子さまなど、天皇陛下が自らのカメラで撮影した写真も７枚ある。
　猫の写真は、ご一家の飼い猫の「みー」と「セブン」のほか、学習院初等科３年だった愛子さまが２０１０年５月、当時のお住まいの東宮御所（現・仙洞御所）で保護した猫に餌を与える場面を撮影したもの。
　側近によると、ご一家は東宮御所周辺で母猫と４匹の子猫を保護。「人間」と名付けられた母猫は１６年５月に死んだが、うち１匹の子猫「みー」を、保護施設から譲り受けた「セブン」とともに皇居・御所で飼っている。７枚のうち一部は、今年４月に赤坂御苑で行われた園遊会の際、皇后さまが招待者に見せていた。　

【訂正注記】本文２段落目の「子牛」を「子羊」に訂正しました。（６月７日）（2024/06/06-19:32）

The Imperial Household Agency released on Thursday 21 photos of Japanese Emperor Naruhito's family taken during their recent stay at a farm in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, and seven photos of cats related to the family.
   The 21 photos include those of Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, traveling in the Imperial Stock Farm on bicycles, digging for bamboo shoots and harvesting vegetables. Also among them are seven photos taken by the Emperor with his own camera, including one in which the Empress holds a lamb and another showing the princess interacting with a horse.
   The family stayed at the Imperial farm on May 2-7, during the country's Golden Week holiday period.
   Meanwhile, some of the seven photos of cats show "Mii" and "Seven," both living with the Emperor's family. In other photos, taken in May 2010, are cats being fed by Princess Aiko, then a third grader at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo, after they were rescued by the princess around the family's then residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
   According to an aide, the family rescued a mother cat and four kittens near the residence. The mother cat, named "Ningen," or Human, died in May 2016. One of the kittens, given the name Mii, and Seven, adopted from a shelter, are now living with the Emperor's family at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward of the Japanese capital.