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in 1933, Princess Takamatsu became a champion of cancer research. Using money donated by the public, she established the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund in 1968, organizing symposia and awarding scientists for groundbreaking work. She also served as president of an organization extending
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patients. The Princess also served as the honorary president of the "Saiseikai" Imperial Gift Foundation Inc., Tofu Kyokai Foundation, Shadan Houjin Tokyo Jikeikai, Nichifutsu Kyokai, and Nichifutsu Kaikan, and as an honorary vice-president of the
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Born in Tokyo on 26 December 1911, she was the second daughter of Tokugawa Yoshihisa (2 September 1884 – 22 January 1922), a peer, and his wife Princess Mieko of Arisugawa (14 February 1891 – 25 April 1933). Her paternal grandfather was
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in Tokyo on 18 December 2004. She had been in and out of the hospital with various ailments during the last decade of her life. Her funeral was held on 27 December at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's
1203: 357:, making them sixth cousins twice removed. Prince Takamatsu was a seven-times great-grandchild of the Reigen Emperor, while Lady Kikuko was a five-times great-grandchild of Reigen. 345:
entitled to provide a successor to the throne in default of a direct heir. Lady Kikuko Tokugawa received her primary and secondary education at the then-girls' department of the
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In 1991, Princess Takamatsu and an aide discovered a twenty one volume diary, written in Prince Takamatsu's own hand between 1922 and 1947. Despite opposition from the
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to legitimate males in the male line of descent. In an article she wrote for the January/February 2002 issue of a women's magazine, she argued that having a female
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was "not unnatural" since women had assumed the throne in the past, most recently in the early nineteenth century.
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in 2000, Princess Takamatsu became the oldest member of the Imperial Family. In 2001, after
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which published excerpts in 1995. The diary revealed that Prince Takamatsu opposed the
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The Prince and Princess returned to Japan in June 1931 and took up residence in
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Wedding of Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu and Kikuko Tokugawa (4 February 1930)
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in sending a mission to Tokyo to present Emperor Shōwa with the
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could not fight more than two years against the United States.
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or collateral branches of the Imperial Family during the
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On 4 February 1930, she married Prince Takamatsu at the
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Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Takamatsu
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Generations are numbered from the daughter-in-law of
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She was, therefore, a sister-in-law of 69:Learn how and when to remove this message 1146:at the Imperial Household Agency website 432: 372: 364: 32:This article includes a list of general 595:Ancestors of Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu 207: 203: 1349: 958: 844: 840: 830: 726: 609: 605: 377:Prince and Princess Takamatsu, c. 1950 1176: 1035: 1025: 1021: 1009: 1006: 996: 976: 966: 962: 946: 943: 933: 920: 910: 906: 894: 888: 878: 862: 852: 848: 824: 814: 802: 792: 788: 776: 773: 763: 744: 734: 730: 714: 711: 701: 685: 675: 671: 659: 647: 637: 617: 613: 507:, which limits the succession to the 487:After the death of her sister-in-law 450:, she gave the diary to the magazine 1159: 1114: 18: 1155:News24.com Japanese Princess buried 13: 411:Following her mother's death from 38:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 1408: 1137: 152:St. Luke's International Hospital 1238: 580:Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa 568: 173:Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery, 23: 1205:Japanese princesses by marriage 199: 102:Princess Takamatsu in the 1930s 1108: 1090: 944:3. Princess Mieko of Arisugawa 387:George V of the United Kingdom 331:, was the seventh head of the 306:currently the Emperor Emeritus 288:. The Princess was married to 1: 1083: 476:, and had warned his brother 311: 712:2. Prince Yoshihisa Tokugawa 327:. Her maternal grandfather, 7: 1372:Deaths from sepsis in Japan 774:5. Shinmura Shin, concubine 586: 555:Order of the Precious Crown 547: 520:Princess Takamatsu died of 360: 265: 247:Princess Mieko of Arisugawa 10: 1413: 1036:15. 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Tokyo City
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St. Luke's International Hospital
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Bunkyo, Tokyo
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu
House
Tokugawa clan
Imperial House of Japan
Japanese imperial family
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu
Emperor Taishō
Empress Teimei
Emperor Shōwa
currently the Emperor Emeritus
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
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Prince Arisugawa Takehito
Arisugawa-no-miya
shinnōke
Edo period
Gakushuin
Chrysanthemum throne

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