Chikako, Princess Kazu

Chikako
Princess Kazu
Midaidokoro
PredecessorTenshō-in
SuccessorIchijo Mikako
Born(1846-08-01)1 August 1846
Kyoto, Japan
Died2 September 1877(1877-09-02) (aged 31)
Hakone, Japan
SpouseTokugawa Iemochi
Names
和宮 親子内親王
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Ninkō
MotherHashimoto 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.