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data-title="Takahito, prints Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito_de_Mikasa" title="Takahito de Mikasa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Takahito de Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="تاکاهیتو، شاهزاده میکاسا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تاکاهیتو، شاهزاده میکاسا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito_de_Mikasa" title="Takahito de Mikasa – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Takahito de Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EC%B9%B4%EC%82%AC%EB%85%B8%EB%AF%B8%EC%95%BC_%EB%8B%A4%EC%B9%B4%ED%9E%88%ED%86%A0_%EC%B9%9C%EC%99%95" title="미카사노미야 다카히토 친왕 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미카사노미야 다카히토 친왕" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito,_Pangeran_Mikasa" title="Takahito, Pangeran Mikasa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Takahito, Pangeran Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito,_principe_Mikasa" title="Takahito, principe Mikasa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Takahito, principe Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito,_princeps_Mikasa" title="Takahito, princeps Mikasa – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Takahito, princeps Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikasza_jap%C3%A1n_cs%C3%A1sz%C3%A1ri_herceg" title="Mikasza japán császári herceg – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mikasza japán császári herceg" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="تاكاهيتو امير ميكاسا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تاكاهيتو امير ميكاسا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito" title="Takahito – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Takahito" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E7%AC%A0%E5%AE%AE%E5%B4%87%E4%BB%81%E8%A6%AA%E7%8E%8B" title="三笠宮崇仁親王 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="三笠宮崇仁親王" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikasa_(prins)" title="Mikasa (prins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mikasa (prins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikasa_(ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99)" title="Mikasa (książę) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mikasa (książę)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito,_Pr%C3%ADncipe_Mikasa" title="Takahito, Príncipe Mikasa – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Takahito, Príncipe Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Микаса-но-мия Такахито – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Микаса-но-мия Такахито" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa" title="Takahito, Prince Mikasa – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Takahito, Prince Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito,_prins_Mikasa" title="Takahito, prins Mikasa – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Takahito, prins Mikasa" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B0" title="เจ้าชายทากาฮิโตะ มิกาซะโนะมิยะ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เจ้าชายทากาฮิโตะ มิกาซะโนะมิยะ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahito_(Prens_Mikasa)" title="Takahito (Prens Mikasa) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Takahito (Prens Mikasa)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda, Tokyo</a>, Japan)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 October 2016<span style="display:none">(2016-10-27)</span> (aged 100)<br /><a href="/wiki/St._Luke%27s_International_Hospital" title="St. Luke's International Hospital">St. Luke's International Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Tokyo" title="Chūō, Tokyo">Chūō, Tokyo</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data">4 November 2016<br /><div style="display:inline" class="label">Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></div></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 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href="/wiki/Yasuko_Konoe" title="Yasuko Konoe">Yasuko Konoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Tomohito_of_Mikasa" title="Prince Tomohito of Mikasa">Prince Tomohito of Mikasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshihito,_Prince_Katsura" title="Yoshihito, Prince Katsura">Yoshihito, Prince Katsura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masako_Sen" title="Masako Sen">Masako Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norihito,_Prince_Takamado" title="Norihito, Prince Takamado">Norihito, Prince Takamado</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">Imperial House of Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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2x" data-file-width="237" data-file-height="72" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_Expeditionary_Army" title="China Expeditionary Army">China Expeditionary Army</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters" title="Imperial General Headquarters">Imperial General Headquarters</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Takahito, Prince Mikasa</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">三笠宮崇仁親王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Mikasa-no-miya Takahito Shinnō</i></span>, 2 December 1915 – 27 October 2016)</span> was a Japanese prince, the youngest of the four sons of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a> (Yoshihito) and <a href="/wiki/Empress_Teimei" title="Empress Teimei">Empress Teimei</a> (Sadako). He was their last surviving child. His eldest brother was <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Emperor Shōwa</a> (Hirohito). After serving as a junior cavalry officer in the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial Army">Japanese Imperial Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Takahito embarked upon a post-war career as a scholar and part-time lecturer in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_studies" title="Middle Eastern studies">Middle Eastern studies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Semitic_languages" title="Semitic languages">Semitic languages</a>; he was especially interested in <a href="/wiki/Jewish_studies" title="Jewish studies">Jewish studies</a>. </p><p>Prince Mikasa married <a href="/wiki/Yuriko,_Princess_Mikasa" title="Yuriko, Princess Mikasa">Yuriko Takagi</a> in 1941, and they had five children. Prince and Princess Mikasa outlived all three of their sons. With the death of his sister-in-law <a href="/wiki/Kikuko,_Princess_Takamatsu" title="Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu">Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu</a>, on 17 December 2004, Prince Mikasa became the oldest living member of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">Imperial House of Japan</a>. He remained active until a few months before his death at the <a href="/wiki/Centenarian" title="Centenarian">age of 100</a>. At the time of his death, Prince Mikasa was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_centenarians_(royalty_and_nobility)" title="List of centenarians (royalty and nobility)">oldest living royal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-age100_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age100-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emperor_Taisho%27s_sons_1921.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Emperor_Taisho%27s_sons_1921.jpg/170px-Emperor_Taisho%27s_sons_1921.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Emperor_Taisho%27s_sons_1921.jpg/255px-Emperor_Taisho%27s_sons_1921.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Emperor_Taisho%27s_sons_1921.jpg/340px-Emperor_Taisho%27s_sons_1921.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1971" data-file-height="2086" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a>'s four sons in 1921: <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a>, Takahito, <a href="/wiki/Nobuhito,_Prince_Takamatsu" title="Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu">Nobuhito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yasuhito,_Prince_Chichibu" title="Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu">Yasuhito</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Prince Takahito was born at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Palace,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Palace, Tokyo">Tokyo Imperial Palace</a> on 2 December 1915 to <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a> and <a href="/wiki/Empress_Teimei" title="Empress Teimei">Empress Teimei</a>. He was fourteen years younger than his eldest brother, Crown Prince <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a> (the future Emperor Shōwa). His childhood appellation was <i>Sumi-no-miya</i>. Prince Takahito attended the boys' elementary and secondary departments of the <a href="/wiki/Gakush%C5%ABin" title="Gakushūin">Gakushūin (Peers' School)</a> from 1922 to 1932. By the time he began his secondary schooling, his eldest brother had already ascended the <a href="/wiki/Chrysanthemum_Throne" title="Chrysanthemum Throne">Chrysanthemum Throne</a> and his next two brothers, <a href="/wiki/Yasuhito,_Prince_Chichibu" title="Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu">Prince Chichibu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nobuhito,_Prince_Takamatsu" title="Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu">Prince Takamatsu</a>, had already embarked upon careers in the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial Army">Japanese Imperial Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial Navy">Japanese Imperial Navy</a> respectively. Takahito enrolled in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_Academy" title="Imperial Japanese Army Academy">Imperial Japanese Army Academy</a> in 1932 and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant and assigned to the Fifth Cavalry Regiment in June 1936. He subsequently graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Army_War_College_(Japan)" title="Army War College (Japan)">Army Staff College</a>. </p><p>Upon attaining the age of majority in December 1935, Emperor Shōwa granted him the title <i>Mikasa-no-miya</i> (Prince Mikasa) and the authorization to form a new branch of the imperial family. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_service">Military service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_Mikasa_1946.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Prince_Mikasa_1946.jpg/180px-Prince_Mikasa_1946.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Prince_Mikasa_1946.jpg/270px-Prince_Mikasa_1946.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Prince_Mikasa_1946.jpg/360px-Prince_Mikasa_1946.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1113" data-file-height="1084" /></a><figcaption>Prince Mikasa on the <a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_Line" title="Yokosuka Line">Yokosuka Line</a> in 1946</figcaption></figure> <p>Prince Mikasa was promoted to lieutenant in 1937 and to captain in 1939, serving in China under the name of "Wakasugi". During his army career, he was harshly critical of the Japanese military's conduct in China.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikasa_China_war_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikasa_China_war-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1994 interview, he criticized the Imperial Army's invasion of and atrocities in China, and recalled having been "strongly shocked" when an officer informed him that the best way to train new recruits was to use living Chinese POWs for bayonet practice.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikasa_China_war_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikasa_China_war-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Daniel Barenblatt, Prince Mikasa and his cousin Prince <a href="/wiki/Tsuneyoshi_Takeda" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsuneyoshi Takeda">Tsuneyoshi Takeda</a> received a special screening by <a href="/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii" title="Shirō Ishii">Shirō Ishii</a> of a film showing airplanes loading <a href="/wiki/Biological_warfare" title="Biological warfare">germ bombs</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">bubonic plague</a> dissemination over the Chinese city of <a href="/wiki/Ningbo" title="Ningbo">Ningbo</a> in 1940.<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> He also was given a film of Japanese atrocities, possibly linked to the footage used in the American propaganda film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Battle_of_China" title="The Battle of China">The Battle of China</a></i>, and was so moved that he made his brother Emperor Hirohito watch the film.<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><p>In one of Prince Mikasa's memoirs, he wrote that he toured <a href="/wiki/Unit_731" title="Unit 731">Unit 731</a>'s headquarters in China and was shown films showing Chinese prisoners "made to march on the plains of Manchuria for poison gas experiments on humans."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994, a newspaper revealed that after Prince Mikasa's return to Tokyo, he had written a stinging indictment of the conduct of the Imperial Japanese Army in China, where the Prince had witnessed <a href="/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes" title="Japanese war crimes">Japanese atrocities</a> against Chinese civilians. The Imperial Army General Staff suppressed the document, but one copy survived and surfaced in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, it was reported that while an officer, Prince Mikasa had taken a strict stance against lax discipline and the cruel actions of Japanese soldiers serving in China.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikasa_dies_100_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikasa_dies_100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_Mikasa_Takahito_wearing_Sokutai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Prince_Mikasa_Takahito_wearing_Sokutai.jpg/220px-Prince_Mikasa_Takahito_wearing_Sokutai.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Prince_Mikasa_Takahito_wearing_Sokutai.jpg/330px-Prince_Mikasa_Takahito_wearing_Sokutai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Prince_Mikasa_Takahito_wearing_Sokutai.jpg/440px-Prince_Mikasa_Takahito_wearing_Sokutai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2214" data-file-height="3542" /></a><figcaption>Takahito wearing the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Sokutai" title="Sokutai">sokutai</a></i></span></figcaption></figure> <p>In an interview with the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Shimbun</a>, Mikasa detailed the extent of Japanese military atrocities against the Chinese. He said, "I was really shocked when an officer told me that the best way to train new soldiers was to use living prisoners of war for bayonet practice because it gave them will power."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "It was truly a horrible scene that can only be termed a massacre," he said.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of a desperate desire to end the war, he wrote and delivered a speech that condemned Japanese troop aggression against the Chinese, elaborating that repeated rape, plunder and killing of civilians created strong anti-Japanese feelings in China, and that the puppet government in <a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a> was an attempt to cover up Japan's policy of aggression in China.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also disclosed that the Japanese served fruit contaminated with cholera germs to a team from the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> that came to investigate Japan's invasion of China.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-News_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-News-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They did not develop the disease.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-News_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-News-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The army tried to destroy all copies of his speech, but one was discovered.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-News_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-News-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also said he watched an army film that showed Japanese troops yelling and gassing Chinese prisoners who were tied to stakes.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated that he did not talk about his written speech with his brother, Emperor <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a>, but he said he once showed the emperor a Chinese-made film of Japanese atrocities.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Promoted to major in 1941, Prince Mikasa served as a staff officer in the Headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/China_Expeditionary_Army" title="China Expeditionary Army">China Expeditionary Army</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>, China from January 1943 to January 1944. His role was intended to bolster the legitimacy of the <a href="/wiki/Wang_Jingwei_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Jingwei government">Wang Jingwei regime</a> and to coordinate with Japanese Army staff towards a peace initiative, but his efforts were totally undermined by the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Ichi-Go" title="Operation Ichi-Go">Operation Ichi-Go</a> campaign launched by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters" title="Imperial General Headquarters">Imperial General Headquarters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prince Mikasa served as a staff officer in the Army Section of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters" title="Imperial General Headquarters">Imperial General Headquarters</a> in Tokyo until <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Japan's surrender</a> in August 1945. After the end of the war, the Prince spoke before the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council (Japan)">Privy Council</a>, urging that Hirohito abdicate to take responsibility for the war.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage">Marriage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mikasa_Wedding.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mikasa_Wedding.jpg/220px-Mikasa_Wedding.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mikasa_Wedding.jpg/330px-Mikasa_Wedding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mikasa_Wedding.jpg/440px-Mikasa_Wedding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="493" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Takahito and Yuriko's wedding portrait</figcaption></figure> <p>On 22 October 1941, Prince Mikasa married <a href="/wiki/Yuriko,_Princess_Mikasa" title="Yuriko, Princess Mikasa">Yuriko Takagi</a> (4 June 1923 – 15 November 2024), the second daughter of <a href="/wiki/Viscount" title="Viscount">Viscount</a> <a href="/wiki/Masanari_Takagi" title="Masanari Takagi">Masanari Takagi</a>. Their wedding notably occured less than two months before the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor">Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor</a> which led to the <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">United States entering World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prince and Princess Mikasa had five children. The couple's two daughters surrendered their imperial titles and left the imperial family upon marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-imperialremains_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imperialremains-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of their sons predeceased them. In addition to their five children, they had nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren as of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of their grandchildren, only three granddaughters remain in the imperial family as of 2024, with two other granddaughters surrendering their imperial status upon marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-imperialremains_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imperialremains-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children">Children</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yasuko_Konoe" title="Yasuko Konoe">Yasuko Konoe</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">近衛甯子</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Konoe Yasuko</i></span>)</span>, formerly Princess Yasuko of Mikasa<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">甯子内親王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yasuko Naishinno</i></span>)</span>, born 26 April 1944; married on 16 December 1966 to <a href="/wiki/Tadateru_Konoe" title="Tadateru Konoe">Tadateru Konoe</a>, younger brother of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Morihiro_Hosokawa" title="Morihiro Hosokawa">Morihiro Hosokawa</a> and adopted grandson (and heir) of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe" title="Fumimaro Konoe">Fumimaro Konoe</a>. Her husband fulfilled Presidency of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Red_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Red Cross">Japanese Red Cross</a> Society for over a decade; has a son, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tadahiro_Konoe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tadahiro Konoe (page does not exist)">Tadahiro Konoe</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E8%A1%9E%E5%BF%A0%E5%A4%A7" class="extiw" title="ja:近衞忠大">ja</a>]</span>, who has three children.<sup id="cite_ref-Children_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Children-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Tomohito_of_Mikasa" title="Prince Tomohito of Mikasa">Prince Tomohito of Mikasa</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">寬仁親王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tomohito Shinnō</i></span>, 5 January 1946 – 6 June 2012)</span>; heir apparent; married on 7 November 1980 to <a href="/wiki/Princess_Tomohito_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Tomohito of Mikasa">Nobuko Asō</a> (born 9 April 1955), third daughter of Takakichi Asō, chairman of <a href="/w/index.php?title=As%C5%8D_Cement_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asō Cement Co. (page does not exist)">Asō Cement Co.</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%BB%E7%94%9F%E3%82%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88" class="extiw" title="ja:麻生セメント">ja</a>]</span>, and his wife, Kazuko, the daughter of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a>; had two daughters, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Akiko_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Akiko of Mikasa">Princess Akiko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princess_Y%C5%8Dko_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Yōko of Mikasa">Princess Yōko</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Children_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Children-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshihito,_Prince_Katsura" title="Yoshihito, Prince Katsura">Yoshihito, Prince Katsura</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">桂宮宜仁親王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Katsura-no-miya Yoshihito Shinnō</i></span>, 11 February 1948 – 8 June 2014)</span>; created Katsura-no-miya on 1 January 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-Children_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Children-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masako_Sen" title="Masako Sen">Masako Sen</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">千容子</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sen Masako</i></span>)</span>, formerly Princess Masako of Mikasa<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">容子内親王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Masako Naishinnō</i></span>)</span>, born 23 October 1951; married on 14 October 1983 to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Masayuki_Sen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masayuki Sen (page does not exist)">Masayuki Sen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E5%AE%97%E5%AE%A4" class="extiw" title="ja:千宗室">ja</a>]</span>, later Sōshitsu Sen XVI (born 7 June 1956), the elder son of <a href="/wiki/Sen_S%C5%8Dshitsu_XV" title="Sen Sōshitsu XV">Sōshitsu Sen XV</a>, and currently the sixteenth hereditary grand master (<i><a href="/wiki/Iemoto" title="Iemoto">iemoto</a></i>) of the <a href="/wiki/Urasenke" title="Urasenke">Urasenke</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony" title="Japanese tea ceremony">Japanese tea ceremony</a> School; and has two sons, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Akifumi_Kikuchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Akifumi Kikuchi (page does not exist)">Akifumi Kikuchi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/chori" class="extiw" title="ja:chori">ja</a>]</span> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takafumi_Sen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takafumi Sen (page does not exist)">Takafumi Sen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E6%95%AC%E5%8F%B2" class="extiw" title="ja:千敬史">ja</a>]</span>, and a daughter, Makiko Sakata.<sup id="cite_ref-Children_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Children-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norihito,_Prince_Takamado" title="Norihito, Prince Takamado">Norihito, Prince Takamado</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">高円宮憲仁親王</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Takamado-no-miya Norihito Shinnō</i></span>, 29 December 1954 – 21 November 2002)</span>; created Takamado-no-miya on 1 December 1984; married on 6 December 1984 to <a href="/wiki/Hisako,_Princess_Takamado" title="Hisako, Princess Takamado">Hisako Tottori</a> (born 10 July 1953), eldest daughter of Shigejiro Tottori, former President of <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_%26_Co." title="Mitsui & Co.">Mitsui & Co.</a> in France; and had three daughters, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Tsuguko_of_Takamado" title="Princess Tsuguko of Takamado">Princess Tsuguko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noriko_Senge" title="Noriko Senge">Noriko Senge</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ayako_Moriya" title="Ayako Moriya">Ayako Moriya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Children_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Children-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-war_career">Post-war career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-war career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the defeat of Japan in World War II, many members of the imperial family, such as Princes Chichibu, Takamatsu and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Naruhiko_Higashikuni" title="Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni">Higashikuni</a>, pressed Emperor Hirohito to abdicate so that one of the Princes could serve as regent until Crown Prince <a href="/wiki/Akihito" title="Akihito">Akihito</a> came of age.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 February 1946, Prince Mikasa even stood up in the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Japan" title="Privy Council of Japan">Privy Council</a> and indirectly urged the Emperor to step down and accept responsibility for Japan's defeat. <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">General of the Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a>, the most senior-ranking <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> military commander in Japan at the time, insisted that Emperor Hirohito retain the throne. According to Minister of Welfare Ashida's diary, "Everyone seemed to ponder Mikasa's words. Never have I seen His Majesty's face so pale."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war, Prince Mikasa enrolled in the Literature Faculty of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" title="University of Tokyo">University of Tokyo</a> and pursued advanced studies in <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archaeology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_studies" title="Middle Eastern studies">Middle Eastern studies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Semitic_languages" title="Semitic languages">Semitic languages</a>. From 1954 until his death in 2016, he directed the Japanese Society for Middle East Studies. He was honorary president of the Japan Society of Orientology. The Prince held visiting and guest faculty appointments in Middle Eastern studies and archaeology at various universities in Japan and abroad, including: <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_University_of_the_Arts" title="Tokyo University of the Arts">Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aoyama_Gakuin" title="Aoyama Gakuin">Aoyama Gakuin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Woman%27s_Christian_University" title="Tokyo Woman's Christian University">Tokyo Woman's Christian University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_University" title="Hokkaido University">Hokkaido University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_University" title="Shizuoka University">Shizuoka University</a>. He made numerous radio and television appearances, speaking on cultural subjects, and was known as "the Imperial scholar".<sup id="cite_ref-last_years_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-last_years-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was especially interested in Jewish studies, and believed "The truth incarnated in Judaism, a truth of being rather than of theory, is the central meaning of history. … History had brought him—Prince Mikasa—to the Jew, he said, and Judaism had brought him back to himself. For the Jew is not only the father of the West, he is the scion of the Orient. He is the holy bridge (a traditional and poignant Japanese symbol) between East and West. Through understanding Judaism, the Prince regained a sense of his dignity as a member of his people; he was again proud to be Japanese<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_years_and_death">Final years and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Final years and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_Mikasa_2012-1-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Prince_Mikasa_2012-1-2.jpg/170px-Prince_Mikasa_2012-1-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Prince_Mikasa_2012-1-2.jpg/255px-Prince_Mikasa_2012-1-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Prince_Mikasa_2012-1-2.jpg/340px-Prince_Mikasa_2012-1-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Takahito in 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Towards the end of his life, due to his advanced age, Prince Mikasa rarely made public appearances, and regularly used a wheelchair. He and Princess Mikasa lived together at a residence in the grounds of the <a href="/wiki/Akasaka_Palace" title="Akasaka Palace">Akasaka Estate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Motoakasaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Motoakasaka">Motoakasaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato, Tokyo</a>. He underwent heart surgery in 2012, and made a full recovery. His routine included exercising for about 30 minutes each day with his wife at their Tokyo residence, and he often went outdoors for a roll in his wheelchair. About once a week, he would leave his home for a haircut, or to attend various events for other family members. In October 2014, he attended the Tokyo wedding of his granddaughter <a href="/wiki/Noriko_Senge" title="Noriko Senge">Princess Noriko</a>, the second daughter of his youngest son Prince Takamado. Palace staff noted that he appeared vigorous until his last days, and that he would always be seen helping his wife to get about.<sup id="cite_ref-last_years_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-last_years-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to read newspapers, and enjoyed watching sumo and music programs on television.<sup id="cite_ref-turns_100_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turns_100-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 December 2015, Prince Mikasa became the first member of the imperial family to become a <a href="/wiki/Centenarian" title="Centenarian">centenarian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-centenarian_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centenarian-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his 100th birthday, he said, "Nothing will change just because I turn 100 years old. I'd like to spend my days pleasantly and peacefully while praying for the happiness of people around the world and thanking my wife, Yuriko, who has been supporting me for more than 70 years."<sup id="cite_ref-turns_100_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turns_100-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At his residence in April 2016, he met the Japanese ambassador to Turkey and took a stroll at the Akasaka Detached Palace.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikasa_dies_100_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikasa_dies_100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 May 2016, Prince Mikasa was admitted to the intensive-care unit of <a href="/wiki/St._Luke%27s_International_Hospital" title="St. Luke's International Hospital">St. Luke's International Hospital</a> in Tokyo's <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Tokyo" title="Chūō, Tokyo">Chuo Ward</a>, having contracted acute pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-last_years_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-last_years-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained in hospital for the remaining months of his life. His heart weakened in June, and fluid accumulated in his lungs.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikasa_dies_100_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikasa_dies_100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Princess Yuriko frequently visited him along with other imperial family members, including the <a href="/wiki/Akihito" title="Akihito">Emperor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Empress_Michiko" title="Empress Michiko">Empress</a> in June. During his last days, Prince Mikasa remained responsive to visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-last_years_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-last_years-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 October, Prince Mikasa and his wife celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in his hospital room.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikasa_dies_100_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikasa_dies_100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His condition eventually stabilised to the point where he began to receive rehabilitation in his bed, which included stretching his arms and legs. At 7:40 a.m. on 27 October, however, his heart gradually slowed, stopping at 8 a.m. Prince Mikasa was pronounced dead at 8:34 a.m., with his wife at his side. At his death, he had outlived all of his siblings and all three of his sons.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikasa_dies_100_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikasa_dies_100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-last_years_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-last_years-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with this, he was also the last surviving grandson of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a> before his passing. </p><p>Prince Mikasa's funeral was held on 4 November 2016 at Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-Funeral_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Funeral-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 580 people including members of the imperial family, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a>, U.S. Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy" title="Caroline Kennedy">Caroline Kennedy</a>, and former imperial family members, <a href="/wiki/Sayako_Kuroda" title="Sayako Kuroda">Sayako Kuroda</a> (grandniece) and <a href="/wiki/Noriko_Senge" title="Noriko Senge">Noriko Senge</a> (granddaughter) and their husbands, attended the funeral.<sup id="cite_ref-Funeral_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Funeral-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Princess Mikasa hosted the ceremony as the chief mourner.<sup id="cite_ref-Funeral_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Funeral-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><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">National</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Grand Cordon of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Chrysanthemum" title="Order of the Chrysanthemum">Order of the Chrysanthemum</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign">Foreign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Foreign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Southern_Cross" title="Order of the Southern Cross">Order of the Southern Cross</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>: Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Stara_Planina" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Stara Planina">Order of the Balkan Mountains</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>: Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Elephant" title="Order of the Elephant">Order of the Elephant</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="293" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Empire of Iran</a>: Member 2nd Class of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Pahlavi" title="Order of Pahlavi">Imperial Order of Pahlavi</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_1964-1980.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="293" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Empire of Iran</a>: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500 year Celebration of the Persian Empire</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>: Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="Order of Merit of the Italian Republic">Order of Merit of the Italian Republic</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Netherlands)" title="Order of the Crown (Netherlands)">Order of the Crown</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: Inauguration Medal 1980 (30 April, 1980)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Order of St. Olav</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sun_of_Peru" title="Order of the Sun of Peru">Order of the Sun</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>: Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_the_Seraphim" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Order of the Seraphim">Royal Order of the Seraphim</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>: recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_International_Peace_Prize" title="Atatürk International Peace Prize">Atatürk International Peace Prize</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honorary_positions">Honorary positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Honorary positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Honorary President of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan</li> <li>Honorary President of the Japan – Turkey Society</li> <li>Honorary Vice-President of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Red_Cross_Society" title="Japanese Red Cross Society">Japanese Red Cross Society</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Issue">Issue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#708090;color:white;">Name</th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#708090;color:white;">Birth</th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#708090;color:white;">Death</th> <th style="background:#708090;color:white;" colspan="2">Marriage </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#708090;color:white;">Issue </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#708090;color:white;">Date </th> <th style="background:#708090;color:white;">Spouse </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yasuko_Konoe" title="Yasuko Konoe">Yasuko Konoe</a><br />(Princess Yasuko of Mikasa)</td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-04-26</span>) </span>26 April 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span></td> <td></td> <td>16 December 1966</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tadateru_Konoe" title="Tadateru Konoe">Tadateru Konoe</a></td> <td>Tadahiro Konoe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prince_Tomohito_of_Mikasa" title="Prince Tomohito of Mikasa">Prince Tomohito of Mikasa</a></td> <td>5 January 1946</td> <td>6 June 2012</td> <td>7 November 1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princess_Tomohito_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Tomohito of Mikasa">Nobuko Asō</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princess_Akiko_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Akiko of Mikasa">Princess Akiko of Mikasa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Princess_Y%C5%8Dko_of_Mikasa" title="Princess Yōko of Mikasa">Princess Yōko of Mikasa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshihito,_Prince_Katsura" title="Yoshihito, Prince Katsura">Yoshihito, Prince Katsura</a></td> <td>11 February 1948</td> <td>8 June 2014</td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">None </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Masako_Sen" title="Masako Sen">Masako Sen</a><br />(Princess Masako of Mikasa)</td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-10-23</span>) </span>23 October 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span></td> <td></td> <td>14 October 1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sen_S%C5%8Dshitsu" title="Sen Sōshitsu">Sōshitsu Sen XVI</a></td> <td>Akifumi Kikuchi<br />Makiko Sakata<br />Takafumi Sen </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norihito,_Prince_Takamado" title="Norihito, Prince Takamado">Norihito, Prince Takamado</a></td> <td>29 December 1954</td> <td>21 November 2002</td> <td>6 December 1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hisako,_Princess_Takamado" title="Hisako, Princess Takamado">Hisako Tottori</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princess_Tsuguko_of_Takamado" title="Princess Tsuguko of Takamado">Princess Tsuguko of Takamado</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Noriko_Senge" title="Noriko Senge">Noriko Senge</a><br />(Princess Noriko of Takamado)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ayako_Moriya" title="Ayako Moriya">Ayako Moriya</a><br />(Princess Ayako of Takamado) </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-descent_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-descent-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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 Takahito, Prince Mikasa</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_K%C5%8Dmei" title="Emperor Kōmei">Osahito, Emperor Kōmei</a> (1831-1867)</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_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji</a> (1852-1912)</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/Nakayama_Yoshiko" title="Nakayama Yoshiko">Lady Yoshiko Nakayama</a> (1836-1907)</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/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō</a> (1879-1926)</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. Yanagihara Mitsunaru (1818-1885)</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/Yanagiwara_Naruko" title="Yanagiwara Naruko">Lady Yanagiwara Naruko</a> (1859-1943)</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. Utano Hasegawa (1832-1891)</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>Takahito, Prince Mikasa</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/Kuj%C5%8D_Hisatada" title="Kujō Hisatada">Regent Kujō Hisatada</a> (1798-1871)</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/Kuj%C5%8D_Michitaka" title="Kujō Michitaka">Prince Kujō Michitaka</a> (1839-1906)</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 Karahashi Meiko (1796-1881)</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_Teimei" title="Empress Teimei">Sadako, Empress Teimei</a> (1884-1951)</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. Noma Yorioki</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. Noma Ikuko</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. Yamokushi Kairi</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-heading3"><h3 id="Patrilineal_descent">Patrilineal descent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Patrilineal descent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="collapsible expanded" style="margin: 0.3em auto auto; clear:none; min-width:60em; width:auto; font-size:85%; border:1px solid #aaa"> <tbody><tr> <th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none; color: inherit; width:auto">Patrilineal descent<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"> <dl><dt>Imperial House of Japan</dt></dl> <ol><li>Descent prior to Keitai is unclear to modern historians, but traditionally traced back patrilineally to <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu" title="Emperor Jimmu">Emperor Jimmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Keitai" title="Emperor Keitai">Emperor Keitai</a>, ca. 450–534</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Kinmei" title="Emperor Kinmei">Emperor Kinmei</a>, 509–571</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Bidatsu" title="Emperor Bidatsu">Emperor Bidatsu</a>, 538–585</li> <li>Prince Oshisaka, ca. 556–???</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Jomei" title="Emperor Jomei">Emperor Jomei</a>, 593–641</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tenji" title="Emperor Tenji">Emperor Tenji</a>, 626–671</li> <li>Prince Shiki, ???–716</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dnin" title="Emperor Kōnin">Emperor Kōnin</a>, 709–786</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Kanmu" title="Emperor Kanmu">Emperor Kanmu</a>, 737–806</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Saga" title="Emperor Saga">Emperor Saga</a>, 786–842</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ninmy%C5%8D" title="Emperor Ninmyō">Emperor Ninmyō</a>, 810–850</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dk%C5%8D" title="Emperor Kōkō">Emperor Kōkō</a>, 830–867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Uda" title="Emperor Uda">Emperor Uda</a>, 867–931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Daigo" title="Emperor Daigo">Emperor Daigo</a>, 885–930</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Murakami" title="Emperor Murakami">Emperor Murakami</a>, 926–967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_En%27y%C5%AB" title="Emperor En'yū">Emperor En'yū</a>, 959–991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ichij%C5%8D" title="Emperor Ichijō">Emperor Ichijō</a>, 980–1011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Suzaku" title="Emperor Go-Suzaku">Emperor Go-Suzaku</a>, 1009–1045</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Sanj%C5%8D" title="Emperor Go-Sanjō">Emperor Go-Sanjō</a>, 1034–1073</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Shirakawa" title="Emperor Shirakawa">Emperor Shirakawa</a>, 1053–1129</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Horikawa" title="Emperor Horikawa">Emperor Horikawa</a>, 1079–1107</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Toba" title="Emperor Toba">Emperor Toba</a>, 1103–1156</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Shirakawa" title="Emperor Go-Shirakawa">Emperor Go-Shirakawa</a>, 1127–1192</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Takakura" title="Emperor Takakura">Emperor Takakura</a>, 1161–1181</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Toba" title="Emperor Go-Toba">Emperor Go-Toba</a>, 1180–1239</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tsuchimikado" title="Emperor Tsuchimikado">Emperor Tsuchimikado</a>, 1196–1231</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Saga" title="Emperor Go-Saga">Emperor Go-Saga</a>, 1220–1272</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Fukakusa" title="Emperor Go-Fukakusa">Emperor Go-Fukakusa</a>, 1243–1304</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Fushimi" title="Emperor Fushimi">Emperor Fushimi</a>, 1265–1317</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Fushimi" title="Emperor Go-Fushimi">Emperor Go-Fushimi</a>, 1288–1336</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dgon" title="Emperor Kōgon">Emperor Kōgon</a>, 1313–1364</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Suk%C5%8D" title="Emperor Sukō">Emperor Sukō</a>, 1334–1398</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fushimi-no-miya" title="Fushimi-no-miya">Prince Yoshihito Fushimi</a>, 1351–1416</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fushimi-no-miya" title="Fushimi-no-miya">Prince Sadafusa Fushimi</a>, 1372–1456</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Hanazono" title="Emperor Go-Hanazono">Emperor Go-Hanazono</a>, 1419–1471</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Tsuchimikado" title="Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado">Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado</a>, 1442–1500</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Kashiwabara" title="Emperor Go-Kashiwabara">Emperor Go-Kashiwabara</a>, 1464–1526</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Nara" title="Emperor Go-Nara">Emperor Go-Nara</a>, 1495–1557</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_%C5%8Cgimachi" title="Emperor Ōgimachi">Emperor Ōgimachi</a>, 1517–1593</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Masahito" title="Prince Masahito">Prince Masahito</a>, 1552–1586</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Y%C5%8Dzei" title="Emperor Go-Yōzei">Emperor Go-Yōzei</a>, 1572–1617</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Mizunoo" title="Emperor Go-Mizunoo">Emperor Go-Mizunoo</a>, 1596–1680</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Reigen" title="Emperor Reigen">Emperor Reigen</a>, 1654–1732</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Higashiyama" title="Emperor Higashiyama">Emperor Higashiyama</a>, 1675–1710</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kan%27in-no-miya" title="Kan'in-no-miya">Prince Naohito Kanin</a>, 1704–1753</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kan%27in-no-miya" title="Kan'in-no-miya">Prince Sukehito Kanin</a>, 1733–1794</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dkaku" title="Emperor Kōkaku">Emperor Kōkaku</a>, 1771–1840</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Nink%C5%8D" title="Emperor Ninkō">Emperor Ninkō</a>, 1800–1846</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dmei" title="Emperor Kōmei">Emperor Kōmei</a>, 1831–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a>, 1852–1912</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a>, 1879–1926</li> <li>Takahito, Prince Mikasa</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><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 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1931 to establish a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Higashifushimi-no-miya" class="mw-redirect" title="Higashifushimi-no-miya">Higashifushimi-no-miya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another cousin, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Naruhiko_Higashikuni" title="Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni">Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni</a>, lived to 102 but lost his imperial titles after World War II.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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=Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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December 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 December</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Japan+Times&rft.atitle=Prince+Mikasa%2C+Emperor+Akihito%27s+uncle%2C+turns+100&rft.date=2015-12-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2015%2F12%2F02%2Fnational%2Fprince-mikasa-emperor-akihitos-uncle-turns-100%2F%23.Vl4_alkjqGl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATakahito%2C+Prince+Mikasa" class="Z3988"></span></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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/27/national/prince-mikasa-china-war-veteran-spanned-three-reigns-dies-100/#.WBFJS-ErKCQ">"Prince Mikasa, a China war veteran who spanned three reigns, dies at 100"</a>. <i>The Japan Times</i>. 27 October 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 October</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Japan%27s+Prince+Mikasa%2C+oldest+imperial+family+member%2C+dies+at+100&rft.pub=Reuters&rft.date=2016-10-27&rft.aulast=Kaneko&rft.aufirst=Kaori&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-japan-royals-prince-misaka-idUSKCN12R07B&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATakahito%2C+Prince+Mikasa" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mikasa_China_war-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mikasa_China_war_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mikasa_China_war_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYoshida2016" class="citation news cs1">Yoshida, Reiji (27 October 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/27/national/prince-mikasa-china-war-veteran-spanned-three-reigns-dies-100/#.WBKiplyTO_F">"Prince Mikasa, a China war veteran who spanned three reigns, dies at 100"</a>. <i>The Japan Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 October</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Japan+Times&rft.atitle=Prince+Mikasa%2C+a+China+war+veteran+who+spanned+three+reigns%2C+dies+at+100&rft.date=2016-10-27&rft.aulast=Yoshida&rft.aufirst=Reiji&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F10%2F27%2Fnational%2Fprince-mikasa-china-war-veteran-spanned-three-reigns-dies-100%2F%23.WBKiplyTO_F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATakahito%2C+Prince+Mikasa" 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">Daniel Barenblatt, <i>A Plague upon Humanity</i>, 2004, p.32.</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">「闇に葬られた皇室の軍部批判」、『This is 読売』、一九九四年八月号57ページ</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKristof1995" class="citation web cs1">Kristof, Nicholas (17 March 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/world/unmasking-horror-a-special-report-japan-confronting-gruesome-war-atrocity.html">"Unmasking Horror -- A special report.; Japan Confronting Gruesome War Atrocity"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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