Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (崇仁親王妃百合子, Takahito Shinnōhi Yuriko), born Yuriko Takagi (高木百合子, Takagi Yuriko) (4 June 1923 – 15 November 2024), was a member of the Imperial House of Japan as the widow of Takahito, Prince Mikasa, the fourth son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. The Princess was the last surviving paternal aunt of the emperor emeritus, Akihito. She was the oldest member of the Imperial Family, and the only living member who was born in the Taishō period during the reign of her father-in-law.[1]
| Yuriko 崇仁親王妃百合子 | |||||
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| Princess Mikasa | |||||
 Princess Yuriko during the New Year Greeting on 2 January 2012 | |||||
| Born | Yuriko Takagi 4 June 1923 Minamiaoyama, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Died | 15 November 2024 (aged 101) St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Princess Yasuko of Mikasa Prince Tomohito of Mikasa Yoshihito, Prince Katsura Princess Masako of Mikasa Norihito, Prince Takamado | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Masanari Takagi | ||||
| Mother | Kuniko Takagi | ||||
| Religion | Shinto | ||||
On 29 March 1941, Yuriko's engagement to her second cousin once removed, Prince Mikasa, was announced. The engagement ceremony was held on 3 October 1941, and the wedding ceremony took place on 22 October 1941. Prince and Princess Mikasa were married for 75 years, until Prince Mikasa's death in October 2016.
In March 2024, Yuriko was hospitalized for a stroke. In a few months later in August, she was hospitalized again for pneumonia.[2][3]
Yuriko died on 15 November 2024 at St. Luke's International Hospital in Chuo City, Tokyo from multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at the age of 101.[4]
References
change- ↑ "Activities of Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Mikasa and their family". The Imperial Household Agency. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ↑ "入院中の百合子さま、軽い肺炎との診断受けられる ご症状は回復 101歳、皇室で最高齢". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ↑ "Japan's 101-yr-old Princess in intensive care for mild pneumonia". Mainichi Shimbun. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ↑ "三笠宮妃百合子さま逝去 101歳 上皇さまの叔母：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 15 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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