Prince Takamatsu
| Nobuhito 高松宮宣仁親王 |
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Prince Takamatsu in December 1940
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| Born |
3 January 1905 Aoyama Detached Palace, Tokyo City, Japan |
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| Died | 3 February 1987 (aged 82) Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Burial | 10 February 1987 Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery, Bunkyo, Tokyo |
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| Spouse |
Kikuko Tokugawa (m. 1930–1987; his death) |
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Emperor Taishō | ||||
| Mother | Empress Teimei | ||||
| Religion | Shinto | ||||
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| Nobuhito (宣仁?) |
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Styles of Prince Takamatsu |
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| Reference style | His Imperial Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (高松宮宣仁親王 Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito Shinnō?, 3 January 1905 – 3 February 1987) was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugawa-no-miya), one of the four shinnōke or branches of the imperial family entitled to inherit the Chrysanthemum throne in default of a direct heir. From the mid-1920s until the end of World War II, Prince Takamatsu pursued a career in the Japanese Imperial Navy, eventually rising to the rank of captain. Following the war, the prince became patron or honorary president of various organizations in the fields of international cultural exchange, the arts, sports, and medicine. He is mainly remembered for his philanthropic activities as a member of the Imperial House of Japan.
Prince Nobuhito was born at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo to then-Crown Prince Yoshihito and Crown Princess Sadako. His childhood appellation was Teru-no-miya (Prince Teru). Like his elder brothers, Prince Hirohito and Prince Yasuhito, he attended the boy's elementary and secondary departments of the Peers' School (Gakushuin). When Prince Arisugawa Takehito (1862–1913), the tenth head of the collateral imperial house of Arisugawa-no-miya, died without a male heir, Emperor Taishō placed Prince Nobuhito in the house. The name of the house reverted to the original Takamatsu-no-miya. The new Prince Takamatsu was a fourth cousin, four times removed of Prince Takehito.
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