Princess Akiko (1629-1675)

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 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 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.