Shigeko Higashikuni
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Shigeko Higashikuni, born Shigeko, Princess Teru, was the wife of Prince Morihiro Higashikuni and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was the eldest sister to Emperor Emeritus Akih
Shigeko Higashikuni in 1959
The Higashikuni couple on their wedding day, 1943
Shigeko at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, on 14 October 1959.
Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako with their first child, Princess Shigeko in 1926.
Nobuhiko Higashikuni
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Nobuhiko Higashikuni was a Japanese aristocrat and former Imperial prince. The first grandchild of Emperor Hirohito, he was the eldest son of Shigeko, Princess Teru, the Emperor's eldest child. He was
Shigeko Higashikuni
…Shigeko and Morihiro had five children, the last three of whom were born after they were reduced in status to commoners: 1. Son: Prince Nobuhiko Higashikuni (東久邇宮 信彦王, Higashikuni-no-miya Nobuhiko ō) (10 March 1945 – 20 March 2019); married Shimada Yoshiko in 1972, and had one son, Higashikuni Masahiko (b…
Higashikuni Nobuhiko as a child, image cropped from a larger family photo