Living Heads of Former Imperial Branch Families


In 1947, SCAP limited the "official" membership in the Imperial Family to Emperor Showa's immediate family and those of his three brothers. Members of eleven collateral branches of the Imperial Family officially became commoners on October 14, 1947. Below are the living heads of these former Imperial Branch Families. For additional information about the Imperial Family's collateral branches, their creation, and their heads during the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods see Miyake (Collateral Branches of the Imperial Family).


 

 


Extinct Princely Houses

By long practice, princely houses become extinct in default of a biological or an adopted male heir.  

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