Toshimichi Takatsukasa

[1] Son of Prince Nobusuke, a politician and ornithologist who later became head priest of the Meiji Shrine, and Yasuko Tokugawa [ja] (1897-1976), a descendant of Tokugawa Yoshinao, Takatsukasa Toshimichi was born into an aristocratic family, but like all Japanese aristocrats, lost his title with the post-war legal reforms of 1947.

[4] In 1966, Takatsukasa Toshimichi was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in the apartment of his mistress, a Ginza hostess.

At the time of the wedding, Life magazine described him as "a commoner cousin of [Princess Kazuko's] grandmother's who makes $22.22 a week in the Government Railway Museum".

[5] In another international media report it was noted that "The bridegroom ... is son of the chief priest of the Meiji Shrine and holds a $10-a-week job in a railway museum.

"[6] They had no biological children but adopted a son from the Ogyū-Matsudaira family, Naotake [ja] (born 1945), who would become president of Japan Telecommunications System Corporation (NEC Communication Systems)[7] and head priest of the Ise Jingu Shrine; since 2022 he has been chairman of Kasumi Kaikan, an association for former kazoku, and a director of the Wild Bird Society of Japan, amongst other positions.