Princess Hitachi
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Princess Hitachi (正仁親王妃華子 Masahito shinnōhi Hanako), née Hanako Tsugaru (津軽華子 Tsugaru Hanako) was born on 19 July 1940. She is the fourth daughter of Count Yoshitaka Tsugaru, a descendant of the Tsugaru daimyō of Tsugaru Domain (present day Hirosaki, Aomori and a son of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan. Her mother was from the Mori clan of Chōshū domain. Her personal crest is a stylized rhododendron.
Tsugaru studied and graduated from the Gakushuin Women's Junior College in 1961. She met and married HIH Prince Hitachi, the second son of HIM the Shōwa Emperor, on 30 September 1964. Prince and Princess Hitachi have no children.
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[edit] Honorary positions
Princess Hitachi is president of various organizations that concern themselves with welfare and the arts. She has also translated various children books from English into Japanese.
- Reserve Member of the Imperial Household Council
- Honorary President of the Japan Ikebana Art Association
- Honorary President of the Japan Animal Welfare Society
- Honorary President of the Japan Equestrian Federation
- Honorary President of the Nippon-Latin American Ladies' Association
- Honorary Vice-President of the Japanese Red Cross Society
[edit] Official residence
Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi have their official residence in a palace in large gardens off Komazawadori in Higashi, Tokyo.[1]
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| Styles of Princess Hitachi (Hanako) of Japan |
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| Reference style | Her Imperial Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
