Chikako | |||||
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Princess Kazu | |||||
Midaidokoro | |||||
Predecessor | Tenshō-in | ||||
Successor | Ichijo Mikako | ||||
Born | Kyoto, Japan | 1 August 1846||||
Died | 2 September 1877 Hakone, Japan | (aged 31)||||
Spouse | Tokugawa Iemochi | ||||
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House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
Father | Emperor Ninkō | ||||
Mother | Hashimoto Tsuneko |
Chikako, Princess Kazu (和宮 親子内親王, Kazu-no-miya Chikako naishinnō, 1 August 1846 – 2 September 1877) (Kazunomiya) was the wife of 14th shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi. She was renamed Lady Seikan'in-no-miya after she took the tonsure as a widow. Chikako was the youngest child of Emperor Ninkō.