Princess Masako Takeda

Princess Masako Takeda (恒久王妃昌子内親王, Tsunehisa Ōhi Masako naishinnō), born Masako, Princess Tsune (常宮昌子内親王, Tsune-no-miya Masako Naishinnō, 30 September 1888 – 8 March 1940), was the tenth child and sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan, and the third child and second daughter of Sachiko Sono, the Emperor's fifth concubine.

Princess Masako Takeda
Born(1888-09-30)30 September 1888
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died8 March 1940(1940-03-08) (aged 51)
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Spouse
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(m. 1908; died 1919)​
IssuePrince Tsuneyoshi Takeda
Princess Ayako Takeda
Full name
Masako (昌子)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Meiji
MotherSachiko Sono
ReligionShinto

Biography
Princess Masako (right) and Princess Fusako (left). Princess Masako is wearing the uniform for women of the Navy.

Masako was born in Tokyo Prefecture, the daughter of Emperor Meiji and Lady Sachiko. She held the childhood appellation "Tsune no miya" (Princess Tsune).

Her future husband, Prince Tsunehisa Takeda, was the eldest son of Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa and thus the brother of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa. Emperor Meiji authorized Prince Tsunehisa to start a new princely house in March 1906, largely to provide a household with suitable status for his sixth daughter Princess Tsune. Prince Takeda married Princess Masako on 30 April 1908, by whom he had a son and a daughter:

  1. Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (竹田宮恒徳王, Takeda-no-miya Tsuneyoshi Ō, 4 March 1909 – 11 May 1992)
  2. Princess Ayako Takeda (禮子女王, Ayako Joō, 4 July 1913 – 3 September 2003), married Count Sano Tsunemitsu.

She died on 8 March 1940, aged 51.

Titles and styles
Styles of
Masako, Princess Tsune
Imperial Coat of Arms
Reference styleHer Imperial Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial Highness
  • 30 September 1888 – 30 April 1908: Her Imperial Highness The Princess Tsune
  • 30 April 1908 – 12 May 1934: Her Imperial Highness The Princess Takeda
  • 12 May 1934 – 8 March 1940: Her Imperial Highness The Dowager Princess Takeda

Honours

National honours

Ancestry

References
  1. "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv. Retrieved 6 September 2017. (in Japanese)
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