Chikako, Princess Kazu
| Chikako | |||||
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| Princess Kazu | |||||
| Midaidokoro | |||||
| Predecessor | Tenshō-in | ||||
| Successor | Ichijo Mikako | ||||
| Born | 1 August 1846 Kyoto, Japan | ||||
| Died | 2 September 1877 (aged 31) Hakone, Japan | ||||
| 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.