What is Takako Shimazu?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Takako Shimazu | image = Shimazu Takako (1950, cropped).jpg | caption = Takako in 1950 | birth_name = {{nihongo|Takako|貴子}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|3|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]], [[Tokyo City]], [[Empire of Japan]] | spouse = {{marriage|Hisanaga Shimazu|10 March 1960}} | issue = Yoshihisa Shimazu | house = [[Imperial House of Japan]] (until 1960) | father = [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] | mother = [[Empress Kōjun]] }} {{nihongo|'''Takako Shimazu'''|島津 貴子|Shimazu Takako|extra= born 2 March 1939}}, born {{nihongo|'''Takako, Princess Suga'''|清宮貴子内親王|Suga-no-miya Takako Naishinnō}}, is a former member of the [[Imperial House of Japan]]. She is the fifth and youngest daughter of [[Emperor Shōwa]] and [[Empress Kōjun]]. She is the youngest sister of the [[Daijō Tennō|Emperor Emeritus]] of Japan, [[Akihito]]. She gave up her imperial title and left the [[Imperial House of Japan|Japanese Imperial Family]] in 1960.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan |last=Bix |pages=270–271}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Japanese princesses}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimazu, Takako}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese princes and princesses]] [[Category:People from Tokyo]] {{bio-stub}}