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 |