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List of Japanese princesses

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The following is a list of people holding the title of princess throughout the history of Japan by periods.

Criteria for being a Japanese princess

  • Born into the Imperial Family: Only female members born into the male-line of the Japanese Imperial Family are considered princesses.
  • Title Usage: Japanese princesses are given the honorific "Naishinnō" (for daughters of the Emperor) or "Shinnō" (for granddaughters of the Emperor).
  • Marriage Rules: If a Japanese princess marries a commoner, she loses her royal status and must leave the Imperial Family. This has led to a shrinking royal family, as many princesses have married outside the aristocracy.

Ancient Japan

Name/Title Birthdate Mother Father Spouse(s) Children Death date Ref
Princess Ishi-hime Unknown Princess Tachibana no Naka Emperor Senka Emperor Kinmei
  • First son: Prince Yata no Tamakatsu no Ōe (箭田珠勝大兄皇子, d. 552)
  • Second son: Prince Nunakura Futotama-Shiki (渟中倉太珠敷尊), later Emperor Bidatsu
  • Princess Kasanui (笠縫皇女)
 after 572 [1][self-published source?]

Asuka period (538–710)

List of princesses of the Asuka period (538–710)
Name/Title Birthdate Mother Father Spouse(s) Children Death date Ref
Princess Ōta 644? Soga no Ochi-no-iratsume Emperor Tenji Emperor Tenmu 668 (aged 23–24)? [2][page needed]
Princess Ki Unknown Lady Ōnu Emperor Tenmu None None Unknown [3][page needed]

Nara period (710–794)

List of princesses of the Nara period (710–794)
Name/Title Birthdate Mother Father Spouse(s) Children Death date Ref
Empress Kōken 718 Empress Kōmyō Emperor Shōmu None None August 28, 770 [4]

Heian period (794–1185)

List of princesses of the Heian period (794–1185)
Name/Title Birthdate Mother Father Spouse(s) Children Death date Ref
Princess Seishi 810 Tachibana no Kachiko Emperor Saga Emperor Junna
  • Prince Tsunesada
  • Prince Tsunefusa
  • Prince Motosada
 April 18, 879 [5][page needed]

Kamakura period (1185–1333)

List of princesses of the Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Name/Title Birthdate Mother Father Spouse(s) Children Death date Ref
Princess Shōshi September 18, 1195 Kujō Ninshi Emperor Go-Toba None None December 14, 1211 [6][page needed]

Courts period (1336–1392) / Muromachi period (1336–1573) / Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600)

List of princesses of the Courts period (1336–1392) / Muromachi period (1336–1573) / Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600)
Name/Title Birthdate Mother Father Spouse(s) Children Death date Ref
Imperial Princess Kanshi 1315 Empress Dowager Go-Kyōgoku-in Emperor Go-Daigo Emperor Kōgon
  • Second daughter: (b. 1335)
  • Third daughter: Imperial Princess Mitsuko (b. 1337; 光子内親王)
 1362 [4]

Edo period (1603–1868)

List of princesses of the Edo period (1603–1868)
Name/Title Birthdate Mother Father Spouse(s) Children Death date Ref
Princess Bunchi

(文智女王)

30 July 1619 Yotsutsuji Yotsuko (四辻与津子) Emperor Go-Mizunoo Takatsukasa Norihira None 4 February 1697 [7]
Empress Meishō

(明正天皇)

January 9, 1624 Tokugawa Masako Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None December 4, 1696 [8]
Princess Onna-ni

(女二宮)

14 October 1625 Tokugawa Masako Emperor Go-Mizunoo Konoe Hisatsugu Yoshiko 2 July 1651 [9][self-published source?]
Imperial Princess Akiko

(女三宮昭子内親王)

13 October 1629 Tokugawa Masako Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 18 June 1675 [10][page needed]
Princess Risho

(理昌女王)

1631 Kushige (Fujiwara) Takako Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1656 [11]
Imperial Princess Yoshiko

(女五宮賀子内親王)

21 July 1632 Tokugawa Masako Emperor Go-Mizunoo Nijo Mitsuhira Ryusoin 2 August 1696 [12][self-published source?]
Princess Kiku

(菊宮)

1633 Tokugawa Masako Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1634
Teruko, Princess Ake

(光子内親王)

July 25, 1634 Kushige (Fujiwara) Takako Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None November 18, 1727 [13]
Princess Shin

(新宮)

1635 Minase Ujiko Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1637
Princess Gensho

(元昌女王)

1637 Sono Mitsuko Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1662
Princess Sōchō

(宗澄女王)

12 March 1639 Sono Mitsuko Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 27 March 1678
Princess Masa

(摩佐)

1640 Kushige (Fujiwara) Takako Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1641
Princess Katsura

(桂宮)

1641 Sono Mitsuko Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1644
Princess Richu

(理忠女王)

1641 Kushige (Fujiwara) Takako Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1689 [14]
Princess Bunsatsu

(文察女王)

1654 Tsuguko Yotsutsuji Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1683 [15]
Princess Eikyo

(永享女王)

1657 Sono Kuniko Emperor Go-Mizunoo None None 1686 [16]

Modern Japan (since 1867)

List of princesses of the Modern Japan (since 1867)
Name/Title Lifespan Parents Spouse(s) Children Ref
Birthdate Death date Mother Father
Wakatakayori-hime no Mikoto

(稚高依姫尊)

November 13, 1873 November 13, 1873 Hashimoto Natsuko Emperor Meiji None None [17][18]
Ume-no-Miya Shigeko

(梅宮薫子内親王)

January 25, 1875 June 8, 1876 Yanagiwara Naruko None None [19]
Shige-no-Miya Akiko

(滋宮韶子内親王)

August 3, 1881 September 6, 1883 Chigusa Kotoko None None [20]
Masu-no-Miya Fumiko

(増宮章子内親王)

January 26, 1883 September 8, 1883 None None [20]
Hisa-no-Miya Shizuko

(久宮静子内親王)

February 10, 1886 April 4, 1887 Sono Sachiko None None [21]
Tsune-no-miya Masako

(常宮昌子内親王)

September 30, 1888 March 8, 1940 Prince Tsunehisa Takeda [22]
Kane-no-miya Fusako

(周宮房子内親王)

January 28, 1890 August 11, 1974 Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa [22]
Fumi-no-miya Nobuko

(富美宮允子内親王)

August 7, 1891 November 3, 1933 Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
  • Princess Kikuko of Asaka
  • Prince Takahiko of Asaka
  • Prince Tadahito of Asaka Princess Kiyoko of Asaka
 [23]
Yasu-no-miya Toshiko

(泰宮聡子内親王)

May 11, 1896 May 18, 1915 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni [24]
Sada-no-miya Tokiko

(貞宮多喜子内親王)

September 24, 1897 January 11, 1899 None None [25]
Yasuko Konoe

(近衛 甯子)

26 April 1944 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa Takahito, Prince Mikasa Tadateru Konoe Tadahiro Konoe [26]
Masako Sen

(千 容子)

23 October 1951 Soshitsu Sen
  • Akifumi Kikuchi
  • Makiko Sakata
  • Takafumi Sen
 [27]
Shigeko Higashikuni

(東久邇 成子)

6 December 1925 23 July 1961 Empress Kōjun Emperor Shōwa Morihiro Higashikuni
  • Nobuhiko Higashikuni
  • Fumiko Higashikuni
  • Naohiko Higashikuni
  • Hidehiko Higashikuni
  • Yūko Higashikuni
 [28]
Sachiko, Princess Hisa

(久宮祐子内親王)

10 September 1927 8 March 1928 None None [29]
Kazuko Takatsukasa

(鷹司 和子)

30 September 1929 26 May 1989 Toshimichi Takatsukasa Naotake Takatsukasa (adopted) [30]
Atsuko Ikeda

(池田 厚子)

7 March 1931 Takamasa Ikeda Motohiro Ikeda (adopted) [31]
Takako Shimazu

(島津 貴子)

2 March 1939 Hisanaga Shimazu Yoshihisa Shimazu [32]
Sayako Kuroda

(黒田 清子)

18 April 1969 Empress Michiko Emperor Emeritus Yoshiki Kuroda None [33]
Mako Komuro

(小室 眞子)

23 October 1991 Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan Kei Komuro 1 Baby of Unknown Gender [34]
Princess Kako of Akishino

(佳子内親王)

29 December 1994 Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan None None [35]
Aiko, Princess Toshi

(愛子内親王)

1 December 2001 Empress Masako Emperor Naruhito None None [36]

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