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This article uses <a href="/wiki/Personal_name#Western_name_order" title="Personal name">Western name order</a> when mentioning individuals.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Shigeko Higashikuni</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Higashikuni_Shigeko_(1959).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Higashikuni_Shigeko_%281959%29.jpg/220px-Higashikuni_Shigeko_%281959%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Higashikuni_Shigeko_%281959%29.jpg/330px-Higashikuni_Shigeko_%281959%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Higashikuni_Shigeko_%281959%29.jpg/440px-Higashikuni_Shigeko_%281959%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="806" data-file-height="1075" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Shigeko Higashikuni in 1959</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Shigeko, Princess Teru<br />(<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">照宮成子内親王</span></span>)</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-12-06</span>)</span>6 December 1925<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Akasaka_Palace" title="Akasaka Palace">Akasaka Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_City" title="Tokyo City">Tokyo City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 July 1961<span style="display:none">(1961-07-23)</span> (aged 35)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Imperial Household Agency Hospital, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, Japan</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toshimagaoka_Imperial_Cemetery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery (page does not exist)">Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B1%8A%E5%B3%B6%E5%B2%A1%E5%A2%93%E5%9C%B0" class="extiw" title="ja:豊島岡墓地">ja</a>]</span>, <a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō">Bunkyō</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Morihiro_Higashikuni" title="Morihiro Higashikuni">Morihiro Higashikuni</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1943)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Higashikuni" title="Nobuhiko Higashikuni">Nobuhiko Higashikuni</a></li> <li>Fumiko Higashikuni</li> <li>Naohiko Higashikuni</li> <li>Hidehiko Higashikuni</li> <li>Yūko Higashikuni</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Shōwa">Emperor Shōwa</a> (father)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Nagako_Kuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Nagako Kuni">Princess Nagako Kuni</a> (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">Imperial House of Japan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shigeko Higashikuni</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">東久邇成子</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Higashikuni Shigeko</i></span>, 6 December 1925 – 23 July 1961)</span>, born <b>Shigeko, Princess Teru</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">照宮成子内親王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Teru-no-miya Shigeko Naishinnō</i></span>)</span>, was the wife of Prince <a href="/wiki/Morihiro_Higashikuni" title="Morihiro Higashikuni">Morihiro Higashikuni</a> (grandson of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a>) and eldest daughter of <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Emperor Shōwa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Djun" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress Kōjun">Empress Kōjun</a>. She was the eldest sister to <a href="/wiki/Daij%C5%8D_Tenn%C5%8D" title="Daijō Tennō">Emperor Emeritus</a> <a href="/wiki/Akihito" title="Akihito">Akihito</a>, and paternal aunt to <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Naruhito" title="Naruhito">Naruhito</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Princess Shigeko was born at <a href="/wiki/Akasaka_Palace" title="Akasaka Palace">Akasaka Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> on 6 December 1925, the first child of <a href="/wiki/Crown_Prince_Hirohito" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Prince Hirohito">Crown Prince Hirohito</a> (later Emperor Shōwa), and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Crown_Princess_Nagako" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Princess Nagako">Crown Princess Nagako</a> (later Empress Kōjun) while her father was still Prince Regent for her grandfather, the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her childhood appellation was <b>Teru-no-miya</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">照宮</span></span>)</span> ("Princess Teru"). As was the practice of the time, she was not raised by her biological parents after the age of three, but by a succession of court ladies at a separate palace built for her and her younger sisters in the <a href="/wiki/Marunouchi" title="Marunouchi">Marunouchi</a> district of Tokyo from 1930. Emperor Shōwa opposed the move, but could not defy court tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She entered the girls elementary department of the <a href="/wiki/Gakush%C5%ABin" title="Gakushūin">Gakushūin</a> Peer's School in 1932 and completed the secondary department in 1942, learning cooking and literature. </p><p>On 9 May 1939, Princess Shigeko rode on the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dshi_Electric_Railway_Line" title="Chōshi Electric Railway Line">Chōshi Electric Railway Line</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba Prefecture</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dshi_Station" title="Chōshi Station">Chōshi</a> to <a href="/wiki/Inuboh_Station" title="Inuboh Station">Tōdaimae</a> and back as part of a Gakushūin school outing.<sup id="cite_ref-shirato2011_vol2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shirato2011_vol2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1941, she was formally engaged to <a href="/wiki/Morihiro_Higashikuni" title="Morihiro Higashikuni">Prince Morihiro Higashikuni</a>, the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Naruhiko_Higashikuni" title="Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni">Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni</a> (later served as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a> in 1945) and <a href="/wiki/Toshiko_Higashikuni" title="Toshiko Higashikuni">Toshiko, Princess Yasu</a> (ninth daughter of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a>) . The bride and groom were double first cousins once removed, through both the main imperial line, in descent from <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a> (the bride's maternal grandfather and the groom's father were siblings; meaning that the groom was a first cousin of the bride's father), and through collateral imperial lines, or <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cke" title="Ōke">ōke</a>, that were cadet branches of the <a href="/wiki/Fushimi-no-miya" title="Fushimi-no-miya">Fushimi-no-miya</a> cadet branch of the imperial house. The couple were officially wed on 10 October 1943. As the wedding occurred in the middle of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, ceremonies and expenses were kept to a minimum, and she wore a <i><a href="/wiki/Junihitoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Junihitoe">junihitoe</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Kimono" title="Kimono">kimono</a> belonging to her mother, Empress Kōjun, rather than having special clothing created for the occasion. </p><p>In 1947, the Higashikunis were reduced to commoner status with the abolition of titles of nobility by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_for_the_Allied_Powers" title="Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers">Allied occupation forces</a>. With rampant post-war <a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a>, high taxation, and various failed business ventures by her husband, the Higashikuni family was reduced to poverty. In January 1958, she accepted an offer by the Japanese national <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television network</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a>, to appear before a live audience and explain the New Year's <a href="/wiki/Uta-garuta" title="Uta-garuta">poetry card reading contest</a> and other royal ceremonies. She fell ill in 1960, complaining of stomach pains, and was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a>. Hospitalized at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Household_Agency" title="Imperial Household Agency">Imperial Household Agency</a> Hospital in Tokyo, she died on 23 July 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her grave is at the Toshimagaoka imperial cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Bunkyo,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunkyo, Tokyo">Bunkyo, Tokyo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Higashikuni-no-miya_Wedding_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Higashikuni-no-miya_Wedding_1943.jpg/200px-Higashikuni-no-miya_Wedding_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Higashikuni-no-miya_Wedding_1943.jpg/300px-Higashikuni-no-miya_Wedding_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Higashikuni-no-miya_Wedding_1943.jpg/400px-Higashikuni-no-miya_Wedding_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="2474" /></a><figcaption>The Higashikuni couple on their wedding day, 1943</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dochter_van_de_Keizer_van_Japan_,_Shigeko_Higashikuni_op_Schiphol,_Bestanddeelnr_910-7442.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Dochter_van_de_Keizer_van_Japan_%2C_Shigeko_Higashikuni_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-7442.jpg/200px-Dochter_van_de_Keizer_van_Japan_%2C_Shigeko_Higashikuni_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-7442.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Dochter_van_de_Keizer_van_Japan_%2C_Shigeko_Higashikuni_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-7442.jpg/300px-Dochter_van_de_Keizer_van_Japan_%2C_Shigeko_Higashikuni_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-7442.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Dochter_van_de_Keizer_van_Japan_%2C_Shigeko_Higashikuni_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-7442.jpg/400px-Dochter_van_de_Keizer_van_Japan_%2C_Shigeko_Higashikuni_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-7442.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2409" data-file-height="3675" /></a><figcaption>Shigeko at <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Airport_Schiphol" title="Amsterdam Airport Schiphol">Amsterdam Airport Schiphol</a>, on 14 October 1959.</figcaption></figure> <p>Shigeko and Morihiro had five children, the last three of whom were born after they were reduced in status to commoners:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1. Son: Prince <a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Higashikuni" title="Nobuhiko Higashikuni">Nobuhiko Higashikuni</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E4%B9%85%E9%82%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BD%A6" class="extiw" title="ja:東久邇信彦">東久邇宮信彦王</a></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Higashikuni-no-miya Nobuhiko ō</i></span>)</span> (10 March 1945 – 20 March 2019); married Miss Shimada Yoshiko in 1972, and had one son, Higashikuni Masahiko (b. 1973).</li> <li>2. Daughter: Princess Fumiko Higashikuni<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">文子女王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Fumiko joō</i></span>, born 23 December 1946)</span>; married Mr. Omura Kazutoshi later to Mr. Daikichi Takagi.</li> <li>3. Son: Hidehiko Higashikuni<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">東久邇秀彦</span></span>, born 30 June 1949)</span>: adopted by the Mibu family as "Mibu Motohiro".</li> <li>4. Son: Naohiko Higashikuni<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">東久邇真彦</span></span>, born 1953)</span>; married Ms. Sato Kazuko, with two sons, Teruhiko and Mutsuhiko.</li> <li>5. Daughter: Yūko Higashikuni<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">東久邇優子</span></span>, born 1954)</span> married Mr. Naooki Azuma.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_honours_of_the_Japanese_Imperial_Family_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="List of honours of the Japanese Imperial Family by country">List of honours of the Japanese Imperial Family by country</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_honours">National honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: National honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Grand Cordon of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Precious_Crown" title="Order of the Precious Crown">Order of the Precious Crown</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886387087">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Shigeko Higashikuni</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Yanagiwara_Naruko" title="Yanagiwara Naruko">Lady Naruko Yanagiwara</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%8D_Michitaka" title="Kujō Michitaka">Prince Kujō Michitaka of the Fujiwara Clan</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Empress_Teimei" title="Empress Teimei">Lady Sadako Kujō</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. Lady Ikuko Noma</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Shigeko, Princess Teru</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">12. <a href="/wiki/Prince_Kuni_Asahiko" title="Prince Kuni Asahiko">Asahiko, 1st Imperial Prince Kuni</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">6. <a href="/wiki/Prince_Kuni_Kuniyoshi" title="Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi">Kuniyoshi, 2nd Imperial Prince Kuni</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">13. Lady Makiko Izumi</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">3. <a href="/wiki/Empress_Nagako" title="Empress Nagako">Princess Nagako of Kuni</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">14. <a href="/wiki/Shimazu_Tadayoshi_(2nd)" title="Shimazu Tadayoshi (2nd)">Prince Shimazu Tadayoshi</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">7. Princess Chikako Shimazu</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">15. Lady Sumako Yamazaki</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portrayals_in_the_media">Portrayals in the media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Portrayals in the media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Princess Shigeko was a featured protagonist in the 2022 alternative history novel <i>Hydrogen Wars: Atomic Sunrise</i> by R.M. Christianson and its upcoming sequel <i>Hydrogen Wars: Atomic Winter</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako with their first child, Princess Shigeko in 1926."><img alt="Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako with their first child, Princess Shigeko in 1926." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_3.jpg/80px-Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_3.jpg/120px-Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_3.jpg/160px-Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1165" data-file-height="1748" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako with their first child, Princess Shigeko in 1926.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Princess Shigeko with her parents in 1926."><img alt="Princess Shigeko with her parents in 1926." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_1.jpg/96px-Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_1.jpg/144px-Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_1.jpg/192px-Crown_Prince_Hirohito_%26_Princess_Nagako_%26_Princess_Shigeko_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1525" data-file-height="1909" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Princess Shigeko with her parents in 1926.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emperor_Showa%27s_daughters.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Princess Shigeko and her sisters in 1937."><img alt="Princess Shigeko and her sisters in 1937." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Emperor_Showa%27s_daughters.jpg/90px-Emperor_Showa%27s_daughters.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Emperor_Showa%27s_daughters.jpg/136px-Emperor_Showa%27s_daughters.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Emperor_Showa%27s_daughters.jpg/181px-Emperor_Showa%27s_daughters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="537" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Princess Shigeko and her sisters in 1937.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Princess_Shigeko_Teru.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Princess Shigeko in 1937."><img alt="Princess Shigeko in 1937." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Princess_Shigeko_Teru.jpg/80px-Princess_Shigeko_Teru.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Princess_Shigeko_Teru.jpg/120px-Princess_Shigeko_Teru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Princess_Shigeko_Teru.jpg/161px-Princess_Shigeko_Teru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1913" data-file-height="2857" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Princess Shigeko in 1937.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Showa-family1941_12_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Princess Shigeko and her parents and siblings (7 December 1941)"><img alt="Princess Shigeko and her parents and siblings (7 December 1941)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Showa-family1941_12_7.jpg/120px-Showa-family1941_12_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Showa-family1941_12_7.jpg/180px-Showa-family1941_12_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Showa-family1941_12_7.jpg/240px-Showa-family1941_12_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1662" data-file-height="896" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Princess Shigeko and her parents and siblings (7 December 1941)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prunus_mume.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Japanese plum blossom, Prunus mume, designated imperial personal emblem of Shigeko"><img alt="Japanese plum blossom, Prunus mume, designated imperial personal emblem of Shigeko" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Prunus_mume.JPG/90px-Prunus_mume.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Prunus_mume.JPG/135px-Prunus_mume.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Prunus_mume.JPG/180px-Prunus_mume.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3224" data-file-height="4302" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Japanese plum blossom, <i><a href="/wiki/Prunus_mume" title="Prunus mume">Prunus mume</a></i>, designated imperial personal emblem of Shigeko</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941-nihongami.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Princess Shigeko in 1941"><img alt="Princess Shigeko in 1941" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941-nihongami.jpg/91px-Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941-nihongami.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941-nihongami.jpg/136px-Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941-nihongami.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941-nihongami.jpg/182px-Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941-nihongami.jpg 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="713" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Princess Shigeko in 1941</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Princess Shigeko in 1941"><img alt="Princess Shigeko in 1941" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941.jpg/91px-Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941.jpg/137px-Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941.jpg/182px-Teru-no-miya_Shigeko_1941.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="702" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Princess Shigeko in 1941</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shigeko_Higashikuni&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bix, <i>Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan</i>. page 145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121026101329/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,722879,00.html?promoid=googlep">Delicate Piety</a>." <i>Time Magazine</i>, December 13, 1926. Retrieved on November 30, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bix, <i>Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan</i>. Pages 270–271</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-shirato2011_vol2-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-shirato2011_vol2_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFShirato2011" class="citation book cs1">Shirato, Sadao (July 2011). <i>銚子電気鉄道（下）</i> [<i>Choshi Electric Railway Volume Two</i>]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. p. 16. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-7770-5310-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-7770-5310-0"><bdi>978-4-7770-5310-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E9%8A%9A%E5%AD%90%E9%9B%BB%E6%B0%97%E9%89%84%E9%81%93%EF%BC%88%E4%B8%8B%EF%BC%89&rft.place=Japan&rft.pages=16&rft.pub=Neko+Publishing+Co.%2C+Ltd.&rft.date=2011-07&rft.isbn=978-4-7770-5310-0&rft.aulast=Shirato&rft.aufirst=Sadao&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShigeko+Higashikuni" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Large, <i>Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan</i>, page 165.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reichsarchiv.jp/%E5%AE%B6%E7%B3%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88/%E6%9D%B1%E4%B9%85%E9%82%87%E5%AE%AE%E5%AE%B6"><bdi lang="ja">東久邇宮家</bdi></a> (in Japanese). nekhet<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Yasuko of Mikasa</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masako_Sen" title="Masako Sen">Princess Masako of Mikasa</a>**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CC0033; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #BFA648, inset -2px -2px 0 #BFA648;">4th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sayako_Kuroda" title="Sayako Kuroda">Sayako, Princess Nori</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Akiko_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Akiko of Mikasa">Princess Akiko of Mikasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Y%C5%8Dko_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Yōko of Mikasa">Princess Yōko of Mikasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Tsuguko_of_Takamado" title="Princess Tsuguko of Takamado">Princess Tsuguko of Takamado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noriko_Senge" title="Noriko Senge">Princess Noriko of Takamado</a>**</li> <li><a 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