The Vladimirovitchi - discussion and pictures, Part 2

He  has what we call a "drunk face" red nose and cheeks !

Gd Vladimir Alexandrovich by Zaryanko


 

Andrei


Boris

Little Elena

Andrei

Elena Vladimirovna

 The Vladimirovitchi children with a sailor. 

GD Boris in Japan

How did Boris come to be in Japan?

Ann

Was he the Tsar's representative on the assumption to the throne of Emperor Hirohito ?

It could be from his stop (which included Japan) on his world tour in 1902. In 1901 he had a liaison with Jeanne Aumont-Lacroix (rumor, seemingly unsubstantiated, having it that he sired a son with her). Vladimir & Marie then sent him, with the Czar’s approval, on a world tour. He left Russian in late 1901 for France and from there embarked on a tour which include stops in Egypt, India, Ceylon, Siam, French Indochina, Japan, Hawaii, California, Chicago and New York. Part of his stay in Japan was around mid-July 1902 where it was covered in the New York Times.

From a 1912 exhibition catalogue, sculpture by Prince Troubetzkoy

Eric

Hirohito did not succeed to the Japanese throne until the 1920s. Up to 1912 the reigning Emperor was Meiji (Mutsuhito), followed by Taisho (Yoshihito), who spent most of his reign under a regency.

Ann

Maybe Boris just went on a pleasure trip to Japan like his cousin Nicholas II if not on an official mission.

As I had posted, he was in Japan as part of a world tour (semi-official at best in that he may have carried out some minor engagements) in July 1902.

Queen Alexandra standing between Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Maria