Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu was the third son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa. He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya, one of the four shinnōke or branches
Nobuhito in 1940
Hirohito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito in 1906
Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito
Prince Yasuhito and Nobuhito in 1922
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu was the second son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei, a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. As a member of the Imperial House of
Yasuhito, c. 1938–39
Prince Chichibu's residence in the Akasaka Imperial Estate
The Prince and Princess Chichibu on their wedding day