“My lovebird Tete-chan has been with me since I was born. I will make a masterpiece of Tete-chan in Maro style” (created at age 11)

Michiko was fascinated with the theme of "kacho-fugetsu", that literally means "Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon", Japanese aesthetics and thoughts on beauty and art.

She loved the notion of combining her Maro Dori with the beauty of nature such as flowers, trees, moon, sun, rocks, snow, water, etc.