Takako Shimazu
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Takako Shimazu | |
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Hisanaga Shimazu (m. 1960) |
| Children | Yoshihisa Shimazu |
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Takako Shimazu (島津 貴子, Shimazu Takako, born 2 March 1939), born Takako, Princess Suga (清宮貴子内親王, Suga-no-miya Takako Naishinnō), is a former member of the Imperial House of Japan. She is the fifth and youngest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun, the youngest sister of the Emperor Emeritus of Japan, Akihito, and the paternal aunt of the current Emperor of Japan, Naruhito. She married Hisanaga Shimazu on 3 March 1960. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and left the Japanese Imperial Family, as required by law.
Biography
Princess Takako was born at the
As with her elder sisters, she was not raised by her biological parents, but by a succession of court ladies at a separate palace built for her and her sisters in the
On 10 March 1960, Princess Takako wed Hisanaga Shimazu (born 29 March 1934,
Upon her marriage, the Princess relinquished her membership in the Imperial Family and adopted her husband's surname, in accordance with the 1947
In 1963, three years after her marriage, she narrowly escaped from an attempted kidnapping. Due to extensive media coverage, the location of the couple's home was common knowledge, as was her $500,000 marriage dowry (in Japan, the bride is given a sum of money for her marriage). A member of the criminal group tipped off the police before the kidnapping could occur.
Hisanaga Shimazu pursued a thirty-year career with JEXIM, including postings to
The former Princess has made numerous appearances on Japanese television as a commentator on world events, and is also on the Board of Directors of the Prince Hotels chain.
Honours
National honours
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
Ancestry
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Gallery
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Empress Nagako holds her youngest child, Princess Takako during the festivities for the Girls' Day, c. 1940 -
Emperor Shōwa's family in 1941 -
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Tachibana orange flowers, Citrus tachibana, designated imperial personal emblem of Takako[4] -
Princess Takako with her brother and sister, Prince Akihito and Princess Atsuko, in September 1950 -
Princess Takako with her older brother Crown Prince Akihito in front of his Prince Sedan in 1954
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Notes
- ^ Bix. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. pp. 270–271.
- Time Magazine. LXXV (12). 21 March 1960.
- ^ "島津氏（佐土原家） (Shimazu genealogy)". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ISBN 978-4861526442.
References
- Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, The Japan Year Book (Tokyo: Kenkyusha Press, 1939–40, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48).
- Takie Sugiyama Lebra, Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992).
- Ben-ami Shillony, Enigma of the Emperors: Sacred Subservience in Japanese History (Kent, U.K.: Global Oriental, 2006).
- ISBN 0-06-093130-2.
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