Princess Kazu

Princess Kazu

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Infobox_Person | name = Chikako, Princess Kazu
other_names = The Princess Kazu, Princess Chikako

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birth_date = birth date|1846|7|3|mf=y
birth_place = Kyoto, Japan
death_date = death date and age|1877|9|2|1846|7|3|mf=y
death_place = Hakone, Japan
title = Princess Kazu
spouse = Iemochi Tokugawa
children =
relations = Emperor Ninkō and Tsuneko Hashimoto

nihongo|Princess Chikako, The Princess Kazu|和宮 親子内親王|Kazu-no-miya Chikako naishinnō| (July 3, 1846 - September 2, 1877) was the daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine Kangyō-in. She was the younger half-sister of Emperor Kōmei. She was engaged to Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (有栖川宮熾仁親王). As a part of the Movement to Unite Court and Bakufu, she was married to Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, but his death in 1866 put an end to their short marriage. She resided in Edo Castle until its surrender to the imperial forces in the spring of 1868. She briefly returned to Kyoto, but upon Emperor Meiji's move to Tokyo (the former Edo), joined him in going there. She took up residence in the home of Katsu Kaishu. She was briefly named a Buddhist nun.

Her grave is at Zōjō-ji, in Minato, Tokyo.

References

* Satow, Ernest Mason and Baba Bunyei (1905). "Japan 1853-1864, Or, Genji Yume Monogatari". Tokyo: Naigai shuppan kyokai. [http://books.google.com/books?id=22cP2o20HrAC&dq=ernest+satow&as_brr=1 Link to digitized version from collection of Harvard University] It is said that she didnt have a left hand and was never really buried in what is said to be her grave


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