Table 1 Former Kazoku Families Established by Non-Heir Imperial Sons

Family Name

Former Rank

Established

Awata

Marquis

Established by Prince Akitsune (b. Mar. 13, 1920), third son of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, March 1940

Yamashina

Marquis

Established by Prince Yoshimaro (b. Jul. 5, 1900, d. Jan. 20, 1989), second son of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro by his first wife, the former Daigo Yoshiko, 1920

Tsukada

Marquis

Established by Prince Fujimaro (b. Feb. 5, 1905), third son of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro, and first son by his second wife, the former Shimazu Hisako, 1928

Komatsu

Marquis

Established by Prince Teruhisa (b. Aug. 2, 1888), third son of Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa, 1911

Kachō

Marquis

Established by Prince Hironobu (b. 1905), third son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, 1926

Kuni

Marquis

Established by Prince Kunihisa (b. Mar. 10, 1901, d. April 1, 1936), second son of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi

Otowa

Marquis

Established by Prince Tadahito (b. Jan. 4, 1914), second son of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, Oct. 1936

Futara

Count

Established by Prince Yoshiyaki (b. Oct. 26, 1886, d. Aug. 18, 1909), third son of Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, July 1, 1897

Fushimi

Count

Established by Prince Hirohide (b. 1913, d. Aug. 26, 1943) third son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, 1934

Higashi-Fushimi

Count

Established by Prince Kunihide (b. May 10, 1910), second son of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi, April 4, 1931

Kawashima

Count

Established by Prince Higamaro (b. Apr. 21, 1906, d. Aug. 1932), second son of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro by his second wife, the former Shimazu Hisako, 1929

Katsuragi

Count

Established by Prince Shigamaro (b. April. 21, 1908), third son of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro by his second wife, the former Shimazu Hisako, 1929

Kiyoso

Count

Established by Prince Ienori (b. Jun. 19, 1862, d. Jul. 13, 1923), eleventh son of Prince Fushimi Kuniye

Tarama

Count

Established by Prince Toshihiko (b. Mar. 24, 1929), third son of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, 1940

Tatsuda

(Nashimoto from 1966)

Count

Established by Prince Norihiko (b. Nov. 22, 1922), second son of Prince Kuni Taka, Jun. 7, 1943; adopted by former Princess Nashimoto Itsuko, Apr. 28, 1966

Ueno

Count

Established by Prince Maseo, son of Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, 1900

Uji

 

 

Count

Established by Prince Iehiko (b. Mar. 17, 1920), eldest son of Prince Kuni Taka, Oct. 1942