Shigeko Higashikuni

Shigeko Higashikuni
Shigeko Higashikuni in 1959
Born
Shigeko, Princess Teru
(照宮成子内親王)

(1925-12-06)6 December 1925
Died23 July 1961(1961-07-23) (aged 35)
Imperial Household Agency Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Resting placeToshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery, Bunkyō
Spouse
(m. 1943)
Children
Parents
RelativesImperial House of Japan

Shigeko Higashikuni (東久邇 成子, Higashikuni Shigeko, 6 December 1925 – 23 July 1961), born Shigeko, Princess Teru (照宮成子内親王, Teru-no-miya Shigeko Naishinnō), was the wife of Prince Morihiro Higashikuni (grandson of Emperor Meiji) and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was the eldest sister to Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and paternal aunt to Emperor Naruhito.[1]

  1. ^ Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. page 145.

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