The widow of Hirohito’s younger brother, Takamatsu, she was also the granddaughter of Japan’s last shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa. Kikuko had been a champion of cancer research since the 1930s ...

PRINCESS Kikuko, who died in Tokyo last weekend aged 92, was the aunt of the Japanese Emperor Akihito and the granddaughter of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last of theshoguns. The eldest, yet also one ...

Kikuko, also known as Princess Takamatsu, was the widow of the late Emperor Hirohito's younger brother Takamatsu and the granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Japan's last shogun, or feudal lord.

Kikuko, also known as Princess Takamatsu, was the widow of the late Emperor Hirohito’s younger brother Takamatsu and the granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Japan’s last shogun, or feudal lord.