Prince Arisugawa Takahito
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| Born |
17 February 1813 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | 4 July 1886 (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse | Nijō Hiroko |
| Father | Prince Arisugawa Tsunahito |
| Mother | Toshima Katsuko |
Prince Arisugawa Takahito (有栖川宮幟仁親王 Arisugawa-no-miya Takahito-Shinnō?, 17 February 1813 – 4 July 1886) was the eighth head of the Arisugawa-no-miya (有栖川宮家?) house, one of the shinnōke branches of the Imperial Family of Japan, which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out.
Prince Takahito was born in Kyoto as the first son of Prince Arisugawa Tsunahito. In 1822, he was adopted by Emperor Kōkaku (1771–1840) as a potential heir. The following year he was granted the rank of Imperial Prince by imperial proclamation, with the court title Kazusatai no mikoto. He succeeded his father as the 9th head of the Arisugawa-no-miya house on 2 April 1845.
On 2 June 1848, Prince Arisugawa Takahito married Nijō Hiroko (1819–1875): the daughter of Sadaijin Nijō Narinobu. He had four sons and four daughters, many of whom were by concubines.
Prince Arisugawa was a trusted confidant of Emperor Kōmei (1831–1867). During the unsettled prior just prior to the Meiji Restoration, when Sonnō jōi militants battled troops local to the Tokugawa Bakufu in the vicinity of the Kyoto Imperial Palace in July 1864, (an incident known as the Kinmon no Hen), Prince Arisugawa was punished for suspected collusion with Chōshū Domain and sentenced to house arrest.
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