Takatsukasa Family - Kazuko Takatsukasa, Takatsukasa Morohira, Takatsukasa Sukehiro, Takatsukasa Masamichi, Takatsukasa Hisasuke (Paperback)

Chapters: Kazuko Takatsukasa, Takatsukasa Morohira, Takatsukasa Sukehiro, Takatsukasa Masamichi, Takatsukasa Hisasuke, Takatsukasa Fusasuke, Takatsukasa Kanetada, Takatsukasa Hiromichi, Takatsukasa Kanehira, Takatsukasa Fuyuhira, Takatsukasa Toshimichi, Takatsukasa Sukenobu, Takatsukasa Sukehira, Takatsukasa Nobuhisa, Takatsukasa Tadafuyu, Takatsukasa Masahiro, Takatsukasa Kanehiro, Takatsukasa Nobusuke, Takatsukasa Nobufusa, Takatsukasa Fuyunori, Takatsukasa Norihira, Takatsukasa Sukemasa, Takatsukasa Fusahiro, Takatsukasa Fuyumichi, Takatsukasa Fusahira, Takatsukasa Fuyuie, Takatsukasa Masahira, Takatsukasa Mototeru, Takatsukasa Kanesuke, Takatsukasa Mototada, Takatsukasa Naotake, Takatsukasa Nobunao, Takatsukasa Kazuko. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 76. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kazuko Takatsukasa Takatsukasa Kazuko, 30 September 1929 26 May 1989) was the wife of Toshimichi Takatsukasa and third daughter of Emperor Shwa and Empress Kjun. As such, she was a sister to the present Emperor of Japan, Emperor Akihito. Princess Taka was born at the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Her childhood appellation was Taka no miya Taka no miya Kazuko Naishinn). As was the practice of the time, she was not raised by her biological parents, but by a succession of court ladies at a separate palace built for her and her younger sisters in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo. She graduated from the Gakushuin Peers School in March 1948, and spent a year in the household of former Chamberlain of Japan Saburo Hyakutake learning skills to be a bride. On 21 May 1950, she married Toshimichi Takatsukasa, the eldest son of ex-Duke and guji of Meiji Shrine, Nobusuke Takatsukasa. The marriage received much publicity as it was the first marriage of a member of the imperial family to a commoner. However, on 28 ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2040833