Princess Masako Takeda


Princess Masako Takeda, born Masako, Princess Tsune, was the tenth child and sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan and one of his consorts, Sachiko Sono.

Biography

Masako was born in Tokyo Prefecture, the daughter of Emperor Meiji and Lady Sachiko. She held the childhood appellation "Tsune no miya".
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
  2. Princess Ayako Takeda, married Count Sano Tsunemitsu.
She died on 8 March 1940, aged 51.

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National honours