Mako Komuro, Japan’s Former Princess, Is Reportedly Volunteering at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Six months after moving to New York City, Japan’s former princess Mako Komuro has reportedly been spending her time at an American cultural institution. A source with knowledge of the matter told the Japan Times that Mako has been volunteering at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. According to the source, Mako is working without pay and is most likely assisting the museum’s Asian Art department with an exhibition of hanging scrolls depicting scenes in the life of Ippen, a traveling monk who spread Buddhism in the 13th-century. An essay written by Mako about a hanging… Read Full Article