Masako Sen

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Princess Masako
容子内親王
Born (1951-10-23) 23 October 1951 (age 72)
Tokyo, Japan
SpouseSoshitsu Sen
IssueAkifumi Sen
Makiko Sen
Takafumi Sen
Names
Masako (容子)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherTakahito, Prince Mikasa
MotherYuriko, Princess Mikasa
ReligionShinto

Masako Sen (千容子, Sen Masako, born 23 October 1951), formerly Princess Masako of Mikasa (容子内親王, Masako Naishinnō), is the fourth child and second daughter of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa.[1] She married Soshitsu Sen on 14 October 1983. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and left the Japanese Imperial Family, as required by law.

Education

She studied in Gakushuin Elementary School and then in Gakushuin Women's Secondary School. She went to the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University. After completing three years, she studied at a boarding school in Switzerland and moved to Paris for studying in the University of Sorbonne.

Marriage and family

She married Mr. Soshitsu Sen on 14 October 1983. Upon her marriage, Princess Masako left the Imperial Family and took the surname of her husband.[1] Soshitsu Sen is the elder son of Soshitsu Sen XV, and currently the sixteenth hereditary grand master (Iemoto) of the Urasenke Japanese Tea Ceremony School.

They have two sons and one daughter:

  1. Akifumi Sen (born 10 November 1984)
  2. Makiko Sen (born 11 July 1987)
  3. Takafumi Sen (born 6 July 1990)

Titles and styles

Styles of
Princess Masako of Mikasa
(before her marriage)
Mikasa-no-miya mon
Mikasa-no-miya mon
Reference styleHer Imperial Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial Highness
Alternative styleMa'am
  • 23 October 1951 – 14 October 1983: Her Imperial Highness Princess Masako of Mikasa
  • 14 October 1983 – present: Mrs. Soshitsu Sen

Honours

See also List of honours of the Japanese Imperial Family by country

National honours

Ancestry

Family of Masako Sen
16. Emperor Kōmei
8. Emperor Meiji
17. Nakayama Yoshiko
4. Emperor Taishō
18. Lord Mitsunaru Yanagiwara
9. Lady Naruko Yanagihara
19. Lady Utano Hasegawa
2. Prince Mikasa
20. Kujo Hisatada
10. Prince Kujō Michitaka
21. Lady Tsuneko Karahashi
5. Lady Sadako Kujō
22. Yorioki Noma
11. Noma Ikuko
23. ?
1. Princess Masako of Mikasa
6. Masanori Takagi
3. The Hon. Yuriko Takagi
7. Kuniko Takagi

Sources

  1. ^ a b Kunaicho | Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Mikasa

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