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[[File:Princess-akiko.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Princess Akiko's gravesite, near [[Ginkaku-ji]] in Kyoto]]
*''Born: [[1629]]''
*''Died: [[1675]]''
*''Japanese'': 昭子内親王 ''(Akiko Naishinnou)''

Princess Akiko, also known as the Third Princess (女三宮, ''nyo san no miya''), was the third daughter of [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] and [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]] (Tokugawa Masako).

Secondary sources sometimes confuse her for her elder sister [[Princess Teruko]] ([[1625]]-[[1651]]), also known as the Second Princess (女二宮), who married [[Konoe Hisatsugu]]. Their eldest sister succeeded Go-Mizunoo to the throne as [[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]].

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==References==
*Cecilia Segawa Seigle, "Shinanomiya Tsuneko: Portrait of a Court Lady," in Anne Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), p5.

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