Toshiko Higashikuni

Toshiko Higashikuni (東久邇 聡子), born Toshiko, Princess Yasu (泰宮聡子内親王), was the fourteenth child and ninth daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan, and the seventh child and fifth daughter of Sono Sachiko, the Emperor's fifth concubine.

Biography
Toshiko was born in Japan, the daughter of Emperor Meiji and Lady Sachiko. She held the childhood appellation "Yasu no miya" (Princess Yasu).

She married Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni on 18 May 1915. Emperor Meiji granted Prince Naruhiko the title Higashikuni-no-miya and permission to start a new branch of the imperial family before their marriage on 3 November 1906. The couple had four sons:
 * 1) Prince Morihiro (盛厚王); married his first cousin Shigeko, Princess Teru, the eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun.
 * 2) Prince Moromasa (師正王); died in the Great Kantō earthquake.
 * 3) Prince Akitsune (彰常王); renounced imperial title and created Marquis Awata Akitsune, 1940
 * 4) Prince Toshihiko (俊彦王); relocated to Lins, São Paulo, Brazil, 1950 after being adopted and becoming the heir to Kinu, widow of Tetsusuke Tarama.

In October 1947, the Higashikuni and the other branches of the Imperial Family other than patrilineal descendants of Emperor Taishō were divested of their titles and privileges during the Allied occupation of Japan and became commoners. Toshiko died on 5 March 1978, aged 81. She was the last surviving child of Emperor Meiji.