Takamatsu (Prince)

Prince Takamatsu, 1940

Prince Takamatsu with his wife, around 1950

Prince Nobuhito of Takamatsu ( Japanese 高 松 宮 宣仁 親王 Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito-shinnō , born January 3, 1905 in Tokyo , † February 3, 1987 in Shibuya , Tokyo ) was the third son of Emperor Taishō ( Yoshihito ) and Empress Teimei and the younger brother of the emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito ).

Takamatsu married Tokugawa Kikuko , daughter of Tokugawa Yoshihisa , on February 4, 1930 . He became head of the princely house ( shinnōke ) Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugawa-no-miya ), one of the four imperial branch families who were entitled to inheritance on the chrysanthemum throne, in the event of a lack of successor from the main house, but his marriage remained childless. From the mid-1920s until the end of World War II, Prince Takamatsu served in the Imperial Japanese Navy . He left her in 1945 with the rank of sea ​​captain (Japanese kaigun taisa ).

After the war, Takamatsu Prince became a volunteer of various organizations for international cultural exchange in the fields of art, sports and medicine. He is remembered in Japan for his work as a member of the Imperial Household. The Praemium Imperiale art prize was donated in 1989 in his memory.

Orders and awards

inland

• Chrysanthemum Order with Order Chain (1925)
• Great Order of the Rising Sun on a ribbon
• Order of the Holy Treasure first class
• Order of the Golden Dragon fourth class (1940)

foreign countries

• Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (1930)
• Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphines (1930)
• Knight of the Order of Annunciations (1930)
• Royal Victorian Chain (awarded 1930, revoked 1942)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and the Sword (1930)

Web links

Commons : Prince Takamatsu  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Takamatsu on the website of the Imperial Court Office