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 | | Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi, a son of Prince Kuni Asahiko, was the head of one eleven cadet branches of the imperial family during the Meiji and Taisho periods. |
 | | First, she was a princess of the imperial blood (albeit a minor one), whereas for centuries the chief consorts of Japanese emperors and crown princes had come one of the five senior branches of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Ichijô, Nijô, Takatsukasa, and Kujô), the most illustrious families of the court nobility or kuge. |
 | | Second, although Princess Nagako's father was an offshot of the imperial family, her mother descended from daimyo, the feudal or military aristocracy. |
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