Hanako, Princess Hitachi

Hanako
正仁親王妃華子

Princess Hitachi

Princess Hanako during the New Year Greeting on 2 January 2012

Born

19 July 1940 (age 76)
Japan

Spouse

Masahito, Prince Hitachi (m. 1964)

Full name
Hanako (華子^?)

House

Imperial House of Japan

Father

Yoshitaka Tsugaru

Mother

Hisako Mōri

Religion

Shinto

Full name
Hanako (華子^?)

Japanese Imperial Family

HM The Emperor HM The Empress HIH The Crown Prince HIH The Crown Princess HIH The Princess Toshi HIH The Prince Akishino HIH The Princess Akishino HIH Princess Mako of Akishino HIH Princess Kako of Akishino HIH Prince Hisahito of Akishino HIH The Prince Hitachi HIH The Princess Hitachi HIH The Princess Mikasa HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa HIH Princess Akiko of Mikasa HIH Princess Yōko of Mikasa HIH The Princess Takamado HIH Princess Tsuguko of Takamado HIH Princess Ayako of Takamado

Styles of Princess Hitachi

Reference style	Her Imperial Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

HIH The Princess Mikasa

Hanako, Princess Hitachi (正仁親王妃華子, Masahito Shinnōhi Hanako^?), born Hanako Tsugaru (津軽華子, Tsugaru Hanako^?) on 19 July 1940, is a member of the Japanese Imperial Family as the wife of Masahito, Prince Hitachi, who is the younger son of Emperor Shōwa and the only brother of the current emperor, Akihito.

She is the fourth daughter of Count Yoshitaka Tsugaru, the last representative of the Tsugaru clan and adopted son of the daimyo of the Tsugaru Domain (present day Hirosaki, Aomori). Yoshitaka Tsugaru was originally from the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan. He was also a member of the aristocracy created by the Meiji restoration (kazoku).

Her mother, Hisako Mōri, was a descendant of the Mōri clan and also of the former daimyo of Chōshū Domain in the former province of Nagato (present day Yamaguchi).

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