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Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

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Yuriko
崇仁親王妃百合子
Princess Mikasa
Princess Yuriko during the New Year Greeting on 2 January 2012
BornYuriko Takagi
(1923-06-04)4 June 1923
Minamiaoyama, Tokyo, Japan
Died15 November 2024(2024-11-15) (aged 101)
St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Spouse
(m. 1941; died 2016)
IssuePrincess Yasuko of Mikasa
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
Princess Masako of Mikasa
Norihito, Prince Takamado
Full name
Yuriko (百合子)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherMasanari Takagi
MotherKuniko Takagi
ReligionShinto

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]

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

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  1. "Activities of Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Mikasa and their family". The Imperial Household Agency. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. "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.
  3. "Japan's 101-yr-old Princess in intensive care for mild pneumonia". Mainichi Shimbun. 26 August 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. "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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