Andrew Atroshenko paintings

Andrew Atroshenko paintings
Alfred Gockel paintings
The question among many people has become, "Why have a royal family at all, when they behave like commoners?"But the acting like commoners can also be a recipe for popularity, even when it comes to one of the world's most venerated monarchies, Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.Japan's imperial family claims an unbroken line to the country's mythical past, and enjoy even greater popularity than the British royal family.But Japan's royals are hardly as much of a tourist attraction as the Windsors are, nor do they surround themselves with as much pomp and circumstance, or media attention.In fact, said Amanda Seaman, a professor at Randolph Macon College in Virginia, they serve as an "epitome of the model middle-class family."It's a much different dynamic than the British royal family, she said.