, son of

Kujō Hisatada , son of Nijō Harutaka, was a ''kuge'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He was adopted by his brother Suketsugu as his son. He held a regent position kampaku from 1856 to 1862, and retired in 1863, becoming a buddhist m ...

and adopted son of

Takatsukasa Sukehiro , son of regent Masamichi, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji periods. He held a regent position kampaku in 1863. After his biological son Sukemasa died young, he adopted a son of Kujō Hisat ...

, was a

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Duke of the

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who served in

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. Nobusuke and Nobuhiro were his sons.

Family

His son was

Toshimichi Takatsukasa , son of Duke Nobusuke, was a Japanese researcher of trains. He was a descendant of Tokugawa Yoshinao and consequently was born into an aristocratic family, but, like all Japanese aristocrats, lost his title with the post-war legal reforms of 194 ...

(d. 1966), who was married to

Kazuko Takatsukasa , formerly , was the third daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was an elder sister to the former Emperor of Japan, Emperor Akihito. She married Toshimichi Takatsukasa on 21 May 1950. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and ...

(1929-1989; formerly Kazuko, Princess Taka). They had no children, but adopted a son named Ogyū-Matsudaira, Naotake.

References

* (the source claims that he was adopted by

Takatsukasa Masamichi was a Japanese court noble of the late Edo period. He held the regent position of kampaku from 1823–1856. Biography Masamichi was born the son of regent Takatsukasa Masahiro. He served as kampaku from 1823–1856. In 1856, at the Ansei Pur ...

, while the other source (that is, w:ja:鷹司煕通) says he was actually adopted by

.) *

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1855 births 1918 deaths Fujiwara clan Takatsukasa family {{japan-noble-stub