Toshimichi Takatsukasa

Takatsukasa Wedding, 1950

Toshimichi Takatsukasa (鷹司 平通, Takatsukasa Toshimichi, 26 August 1923 – 27 January 1966), son of Duke Nobusuke, was a Japanese researcher of trains. He was a descendant of Tokugawa Yoshinao and consequently was born into an aristocratic family, but, like all Japanese aristocrats, lost his title with the post-war legal reforms of 1947. He worked at TEI Park, a railroad museum in Tokyo. He married the third daughter of Emperor Hirohito, Princess Kazuko; they adopted a son from Ogyū-Matsudaira, Naotake.

On 28 January 1966, Toshimichi Takatsukasa was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning at the apartment of his mistress, Michiko Maeda, a Ginza nightclub hostess, who also died of the same cause. While the official cause of death was attributed to a faulty heater, there was widespread speculation in the Japanese press that it was really a double suicide, caused by his inability to divorce and marry the woman he loved.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Toshimichi Takatsukasa

16. Nijō Harutaka 8. Kujō Hisatada 17. Higuchi Nobuko 4. Takatsukasa Hiromichi 2. Nobusuke Takatsukasa 20. Tokudaiji Kin'ito 10. Tokudaiji Sanetsune 5. Tokudaiji Junko 22. Yamauchi Toyosuke 11. Yamauchi Kaneko 1. Toshimichi Takatsukasa 24. Tokugawa Narimasa 12. Tokugawa Yoshiyori 6. Tokugawa Iesato 3. Yasuko Tokugawa 28. Konoe Tadahiro 14. Konoe Tadafusa 29. Shimazu Kyōko 7. Konoe Hiroko 30. Shimazu Hisanaga 15. Shimazu Mitsuko

References

• 鷹司家（摂家） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Japanese Wikipedia