Hanako, Princess Hitachi

Hanako
Princess Hitachi
Hanako in 2012
BornHanako Tsugaru (津軽華子)
(1940-07-19) 19 July 1940 (age 84)
Tokyo City, Empire of Japan
Spouse
(m. 1964)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherYoshitaka Tsugaru
MotherHisako Mōri

Hanako, Princess Hitachi (正仁親王妃華子, Masahito Shinnōhi Hanako) (born Hanako Tsugaru (津軽華子, Tsugaru Hanako); 19 July 1940), is a member of the Japanese Imperial Family as the wife of Masahito, Prince Hitachi, who is the younger son of Emperor Shōwa and the only brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. By Marriage, she is the aunt of Emperor Naruhito.