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unusual facts about Prince Takamatsu


Winfred J. Sanborn

In this capacity he headed the Los Angeles welcoming party for Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu of Japan, and his new wife, Lady Kikuko Tokugawa.


Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park

In 1896, it was acquired by the Arisugawa-no-miya line of the Imperial family, and then in 1913 it was passed on to the Prince Takamatsu line.


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Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park

Out of a great personal interest in promoting children's health and education about nature, Prince Takamatsu donated 36,325 square metres of land to Tokyo for use as a park on January 5, 1934, the anniversary of the death of Prince Arisugawa Taruhito.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke

The wife of Prince Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito (third son of Emperor Taishō) was Tokugawa Kikuko, daughter of the second Prince of the Yoshinobu-ke, Yoshihisa.