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{{Short description|Japanese princess (1909–1995)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Setsuko
| title        = Princess Chichibu
| image        = Princess Chichibu Setsuko.jpg
| caption      = Setsuko, {{circa|1928}}
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]]|28 September 1928|4 January 1953|reason=died}}
| birth_name   = {{nihongo|Setsuko Matsudaira|松平節子}}
| house        = {{plain list|
* [[Matsudaira clan]] (by birth)
* [[Imperial House of Japan]] (by marriage)
}}
| father       = [[Tsuneo Matsudaira]]
| mother       = [[Nobuko Nabeshima]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1909|09|09|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Walton-on-Thames]], England
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1995|08|25|1909|09|09|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| burial_date  = 
| burial_place = {{ill|Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery|ja|豊島岡墓地}}, [[Bunkyo, Tokyo]]
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Setsuko, Princess Chichibu'''|雍仁親王妃勢津子|Yasuhito Shinnōhi Setsuko|born {{Nihongo|'''Setsuko Matsudaira'''|松平節子|Matsudaira Setsuko}}; 9 September 1909 &ndash; 25 August 1995}} was a member of the [[Imperial House of Japan|Japanese imperial family]] and the wife of [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]], the second son of [[Emperor Taishō]] and [[Empress Teimei]]. Setsuko was a sister-in-law of [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] and an aunt by marriage of [[Emperor Akihito]].

==Early life==
Setsuko Matsudaira was born on 9 September 1909 in [[Walton-on-Thames]], [[England]], into the prominent [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira family]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sakata |first=Ikuko |date=March 1988 |title=Special Feature : Imperial Factions &mdash; Imperial Households of the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Era &mdash; Princess Chichibunomiya Setsuko, a marriage of the Imperial Family -- a bride from the ''Aizu'' clan, or the Imperial Enemy |script-title=ja: 特集 天皇家の閨閥--明治･大正･昭和の皇室 天皇家の結婚 秩父宮妃勢津子--朝敵「会津」の嫁入り |journal=Rekishi Dokuhon |publisher=[[Kadokawa Publication]] |volume=33 |issue=5 (472) |pages=102～109 (plate number 0053.jp2-)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Itō |first=Zensō (伊藤善創) |title=Princess Chichibunomiya Setsuko, the Granddaughter to Matsudaira Katamori of the Aizu clan : Praying for the 90th Wedding Anniversary : 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Era |publisher=Mimpo Printing (民報印刷 制作・印刷) |others=Fukushima Mimpō Newspaper (contibutor. 編集協力: 福島民報社) |year=2018 |isbn=978-4-904834-37-4 |location=Fukushima |language=ja |script-title=ja: 会津松平容保公御孫姫秩父宮妃勢津子さま : ご成婚九十周年を祈念して : 明治150年企画}}</ref> Her father, [[Tsuneo Matsudaira]], was a diplomat and politician who later served as the Japanese [[ambassador]] to the [[United States]] (1924) and later to [[United Kingdom]] (1928), and still later, [[Imperial Household Agency|Imperial Household Minister]] (1936–45, 1946–47). Her mother, [[Nobuko Nabeshima]], was a member of the [[Nabeshima clan|Nabeshima family]]. Her paternal grandfather, [[Matsudaira Katamori|Katamori Matsudaira]], was the last ''[[daimyō]]'' of the [[Aizu Domain]] and head of the Aizu-Matsudaira [[cadet branch]] of the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]]. Her maternal grandfather, [[Marquis]] [[Nabeshima Naohiro (Saga)|Naohiro Nabeshima]], was the former ''daimyō'' of the [[Saga Domain]]. Her mother's elder sister, Itsuko (1882–1976), married [[Prince Nashimoto Morimasa|Prince Morimasa Nashimoto]], an uncle of [[Empress Kōjun]]. Despite her prestigious heritage, Setsuko was technically born a [[commoner]], but both sides of her family maintained [[kinship]] with distinguished ''[[kazoku]]'' aristocratic families close to the [[Japanese Imperial Family]].

From 1925 to 1928, Setsuko was educated at the [[Sidwell Friends School]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] while her father was ambassador to the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roosevelt |first=Eleanor |date=May 28, 1953 |title=1953 &ndash; My Day |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1953&_f=md002548 |accessdate= |website=The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Digital Edition (www.gwu.edu) |publisher=}}</ref> Setsuko was fluent in [[English language|English]] and was sometimes considered to be a ''[[Kikokushijo]]''. Upon her return to Japan, Setsuko was chosen by [[Empress Teimei]] to marry her second son, [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]], despite the fact she was a commoner.<ref>{{Harvnb|Okamoto|1928|page=76 (plate number 0045.jp2)}}</ref> Setsuko married the Prince after her uncle, Viscount [[Morio Matsudaira]], formally adopted her, thus removing the status incongruity between the prince and his bride.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matsudaira |first=Tsunekazu (松平恒忠) |title=Memories of Grandfather Matsudaira Tsuneo and Aunt Princess Chichibunomiya Setsuko |script-title=ja: 祖父松平恒雄と叔母秩父宮妃勢津子の思い出 |journal=Rekishi to Tabi (歴史と旅) |volume=24 |issue=9 (368) |pages=128–133 (plate number 0067.jp2-)}}</ref>

==Marriage==
[[File:Prince and Princess Chichibu Wedding.jpg|thumb|The Prince and Princess Chichibu on their wedding day]]
[[File:Kiku yellow01.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Chrysanthemum × morifolium]]'', designated imperial personal emblem of Setsuko]]
On 28 September 1928, aged 19, Setsuko wed Prince Chichibu, and became Princess Chichibu.<ref>{{harvnb|Kampō|1928a|pages=675}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Kampō|1928b|pages=741 (plate number 0002.jp2)|loc="Announcement / Kunaishō / Number 29 / Marriage notice of Prince Yasuhito with the niece of Viscount Matsudaira Yasuo"}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{harvnb|Kampō|1928b|pages=746 (plate number 0005.jp2)|loc="Announcement/ Naimushō / Number 256 / Decorations and appointments (Shōkunkyoku) &ndash; as of 28 September Shōwa 3rd (1928); Princess Setsuko of Prince Chichibunomiya Yasuhito &ndash; Appointed to the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown (1st class)."}}</ref> The bride and groom were eighth cousins, thrice removed, as both were descended from [[Nabeshima Katsushige]], the first lord of Saga.<ref name=descent/> Prince and Princess Chichibu had no children, as Princess Chichibu's only pregnancy ended in a [[miscarriage]]. However, by all accounts their marriage was filled with love and happiness for each other.<ref name="bunshun_1973">{{harvnb|Bungei shunjū|1973|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Female staff writer |date=May 1929 |title=The Daily Life of Her Imperial Highness Princess Chichibunomiya Setsuko |script-title=ja: 秩父宮妃勢津子殿下の御日常 |journal=Shufu No Tomo |publisher=Shufu no tomo-sha |volume=13 |issue=5 (May issue) |pages=35–38 (plate number 0063.jp2-)}}</ref>

In 1937, the prince and princess were sent on a tour of [[Western Europe]] which took several months.<ref name="bunshun_1973" /> They represented Japan at the May 1937 [[coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]] in [[Westminster Abbey]] and subsequently visited [[Sweden]] and the [[Netherlands]] as the guests of [[Gustaf V of Sweden|King Gustav V]] and [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Queen Wilhelmina]], respectively. Princess Chichibu stayed in [[Switzerland]] while her husband met [[Adolf Hitler]] in [[Nuremberg]] at the end of the trip.<ref>{{Harvnb|Gotemba seiwa|1948}}</ref> Princess Chichibu felt a great love for the United States and for the United Kingdom and, as an [[anglophile]], was greatly saddened by Japan's entry into the [[Second World War]] on the side of the [[Axis powers]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chichibunomiya Setsuko |date=January 1949 |title=Amerika no gaku'en seikatsu wo shinonde |script-title=ja: アメリカの学園生活を偲んで |journal=New Age (ニューエイジ) |publisher=Mainichi Newspaper |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=26- (plate number 0015.jp2) |doi=10.11501/2310430}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Kase|1995|pp=25–27}}</ref>

==Widowhood==
After the Prince's death of [[tuberculosis]] in 1953,<ref>{{harvnb|NDL digital collection|1995}}</ref> Princess Chichibu became president of the Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, honorary president of the Britain-Japan Society, the Sweden-Japan Society, and an honorary vice president of the [[Japanese Red Cross]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chichibunomiya Setsuko |date=January 1951 |title=Congratulatory Remarks : National Health and the Mission of the Association |script-title=ja: 祝辞 国民の健康と協会の任務 |journal=Journal of the Japanese Nursing Association |volume=3 |issue=6 |pages=5 (plate number 0006.jp2)}}</ref> The Princess made several semi-official visits to Great Britain and Sweden.

==Death==
Princess Chichibu died from [[heart failure]] in [[Tokyo]] on 25 August 1995, shortly before her 86th birthday.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Murayama |first=Tomi'ichi |author-link=Tomiichi Murayama |date=April 1998 |editor-last=[[Cabinet Secretariat (Japan)]] |title=A tribute to the late Her Imperial Highness Princess Chichibunomiya Setsuko (25 August 1995) |script-title=ja: 秩父宮妃勢津子殿下のご訃報に接しての謹話 (平成7・8・25) |journal=村山内閣総理大臣演説集 |language=ja |publisher=Nihon Kōhō Kyōkai (日本広報協会) |page=112}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Kirimo: Commemorating the Completion of the Relief of Her Imperial Highness Chichibunomiya Setsuko |publisher=Chichibunomiya Setsuko-hi Rerīfu kensetsu Īnkai  |year=2000 |location=Ōtaki Village (Saitama Prefecture) |language=ja |script-title=ja: きりも : 秩父宮妃勢津子殿下御尊影レリーフ完成記念}}</ref> Princess Chichibu's [[autobiography]], which was published posthumously as ''The Silver Drum: A Japanese Imperial Memoir'', was translated into English by [[Dorothy Britton]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chichibunomiya Setsuko |date=August 1991 |title=For my memoir "Silver Bonbonniere" |script-title=ja: 回想記｢銀のボンボニエール｣に寄せて |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/3198575 |journal=Bungei Shunjū (文芸春秋) |publisher=[[Bungeishunjū]] |volume=69 |issue=9 |pages=92–93 (plate number 0069.jp2-) |doi=10.11501/3198575 |url-access=limited |via=NDL}}</ref>

== Honours ==

* Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Precious Crown|Order of the Precious Crown, 1st Class]] - 1928<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of St Michael and St George|Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George]]

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Setsuko, Princess Chichibu'''
|2= 2. [[Matsudaira Tsuneo]] (1877–1949)
|3= 3. Lady Nabeshima Nobuko (1886–1969)
|4= 4. [[Matsudaira Katamori]], 9th Lord of [[Aizu]] (1836–1893)
|5= 5. Kawamura Nagako
|6= 6. Marquess [[Nabeshima Naohiro (Saga)|Nabeshima Naohiro]], 11th Lord of [[Saga Domain|Saga]] (1846–1921)
|7= 7. Hirohashi Nagako (1855–1941)
|8= 8. Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, 10th Lord of [[Takasu Domain|Takasu]] (1800–1862)
|9= 9. Komori Chiyoko
|10= 10. Kawamura Genbei
|11= 
|12= 12. [[Nabeshima Naomasa]], 10th Lord of [[Saga Domain|Saga]] (1815–1871)
|13= 13. Tokugawa Tatsuko (1830–1886)
|14= 14. Hirohashi Taneyasu (1819–1876)
|15= 
}}

===Patrilineal descent===
{{chart top|text-align=left|Patrilineal descent}}
Setsuko's patriline is the line from which she is descended father to son.

The existence of a verifiable link between the [[Nitta clan]] and the Tokugawa/Matsudaira clan remains somewhat in dispute.

#Descent prior to Keitai is unclear to modern historians, but traditionally traced back patrilineally to [[Emperor Jimmu]]
#[[Emperor Keitai]], ca. 450–534
#[[Emperor Kinmei]], 509–571
#[[Emperor Bidatsu]], 538–585
#Prince Oshisaka, ca. 556–???
#[[Emperor Jomei]], 593–641
#[[Emperor Tenji]], 626–671
#Prince Shiki, ????–716
#[[Emperor Kōnin]], 709–786
#[[Emperor Kanmu]], 737–806
#[[Emperor Saga]], 786–842
#[[Emperor Ninmyō]], 810–850
#[[Emperor Montoku]] 826–858
#[[Emperor Seiwa]], 850–881
#Prince Sadazumi, 873–916
#[[Minamoto no Tsunemoto]], 894–961
#[[Minamoto no Mitsunaka]], 912–997
#[[Minamoto no Yorinobu]], 968–1048
#[[Minamoto no Yoriyoshi]], 988–1075
#[[Minamoto no Yoshiie]], 1039–1106
#[[Minamoto no Yoshikuni]], 1091–1155
#[[Minamoto no Yoshishige]], 1114–1202
#Nitta Yoshikane, 1139–1206
#Nitta Yoshifusa, 1162–1195
#Nitta Masayoshi, 1187–1257
#Nitta Masauji, 1208–1271
#Nitta Motouji, 1253–1324
#Nitta Tomouji, 1274–1318
#[[Nitta Yoshisada]], 1301–1338
#[[Nitta Yoshimune]], 1331?–1368
#Tokugawa Chikasue?, ????–???? (speculated)
#Tokugawa Arichika, ????–????
#Matsudaira Chikauji, d. 1393?
#Matsudaira Yasuchika, ????–14??
#Matsudaira Nobumitsu, c. 1404–1488/89?
#Matsudaira Chikatada, 1430s–1501
#Masudaira Nagachika, 1473–1544
#Matsudaira Nobutada, 1490–1531
#[[Matsudaira Kiyoyasu]], 1511–1536
#[[Matsudaira Hirotada]], 1526–1549
#[[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543–1616)
#[[Tokugawa Yorifusa]], 1st Lord of Mito (1603–1661)
#[[Matsudaira Yorishige]], 1st Lord of Takamatsu (1622–1695)
#Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1661–1687)
#Matsudaira Yoritoyo, 3rd Lord of Takamatsu (1680–1735)
#[[Tokugawa Munetaka]], 4th Lord of Mito (1705–1730)
#[[Tokugawa Munemoto]], 5th Lord of Mito (1728–1766)
#Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751–1805)
#Matsudaira Yoshinari, 9th Lord of Takasu (1776–1832)
#Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, 10th Lord of Takasu (1800–1862)
#[[Matsudaira Katamori]], 9th Lord of Aizu (1836–1893)
#[[Tsuneo Matsudaira]], (1877–1949)
#'''Setsuko Matsudaira''', (1909–1995)
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==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

== References ==
*  {{cite book |title=Kōshitsu to Gotairei |script-title=ja: 皇室と御大礼 |editor-last=Okamoto |editor-first=Keiji |language=ja |location=Tokyo |publisher=Monass |year=1928 |doi=10.11501/1874753 |chapter=Dai-4 Chichibunomiya Yasuhito Shin'nō §3. Go-kon'yaku |script-chapter=ja: 第四 秩父宮雍仁親王殿下 §三、御婚約 |ref={{harvid|Okamoto|1928}} |page=76 (plate number 0045.jp2)|last1=岡本 |first1=瓊二 }} Available only at the NDL and its partner libraries or to official registered users in Japan.
* {{Cite journal |date=1928-09-27 |editor-last=[[National Printing Bureau|Ōkurashō Insatsu-kyoku]] |author=Office of Imperial Household (Kunaishō) |author-link=Kuaishou |title=Prince Yasuhito had wedding ceremony with Setsuko, the niece to Viscount Matsudaira Yasuo (Announcement #28, Kunaishō) |script-title=ja: 告示 / 宮内省 / 第28号 / 雍仁親王殿下子爵松平保男姪勢津子ト結婚ノ禮ヲ行ハセラル |journal=Kampo (官報) |publisher=日本マイクロ写真 |volume=1928-09-27 |ref={{harvid|Kampō|1928a}} |pages=675 |doi=10.11501/2956989 |via=NDL}}
* {{Cite journal |date=1928-09-28 |editor-last=National Printing Bureau |title=Announcements |script-title=ja: 告示 |journal=Kanpō (官報 昭和3年) |language=ja |volume=1928-09-29 |issue=530 |ref={{harvid|Kampō|1928b}} |pages=741, 746 (plate numbers 0002.jp2, 0005.jp2) |doi=10.11501/2956991 |via=NDL|author1=大蔵省印刷局 }}
**{{nihongo|1=Kitokurō Hitotsugi|2=一木, 喜徳郎|3=Hitotsugi, Kitokurō, Kunaishō}}. "{{Nihongo|Announcement by Kunaishō #28 - Marriage notice of Prince Yasuhito with the niece of Viscount Matsudaira Yasuo.|宮内省 / 第29号 / 雍仁親王殿下本日正四位勲三等功五級子爵松平保男姪勢津子ト結婚セラル}}". p.&nbsp;741 (plate number 0002.jp2)
**{{nihongo|1=|2=内務省|3=Naimushō}}. "Announcement by Naimushō #256 - Decorations and appointments (Shōkunkyoku) &ndash; as of 28 September Shōwa 3rd (1928); Princess Setsuko of Prince Chichibunomiya Yasuhito &ndash; Appointed to the Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Precious Crown]] (1st class). " p.&nbsp;746 (plate number 0005.jp2)
* {{Cite book |title=Shōwa kaitakushi |script-title=ja: 昭和開拓史 |chapter=秩父宮雍仁親王殿下同勢津子妃殿下のお成り |editor=昭和有畜農業実行組合 |location=Shinjō, Saitama Prefecture |date=November 1962 |ref={{harvid|Shōwa kaitakushi|1962}} |pages=22 (plate number 0016.jp2) |language=ja}}
* {{Cite book |date=December 1995 |title="Tsuiroku": Naikaku seido hyakunen-shi (Ge-kan) |script-title=ja: 内閣制度百年史. 下巻 追録 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/11932167 |url-access=limited |via=dl.ndl.go.jp |access-date=2022-09-23 |publisher=Naikaku kanbō 内閣官房 |doi=10.11501/11932167 |ref={{harvid|NDL digital collection|1995}} |location=Tokyo |pages=25–27 (plate number 0014.jp2-) |language=ja|author1=内閣官房 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Kase |first=Toshikazu |date=October 1995 |title=Her Imperial Highness Princess Chichibu's Jewel Box: a Goodwill Gift by the US Ambassador to Japan Mr. and Mrs. Glou at the break of WW2 |script-title=ja: 秩父宮妃殿下の宝石箱――開戦時、グルウ米駐日大使夫妻に贈られた善意 |journal=Sokoku to Seinen |language=ja |publisher=Nihon kyōgikai |volume=26 |issue=10 (205) |pages=25–27 (plate numbers 0014.jp2-)}}
* ** Tanaka "{{Nihongo|In mourning for the death of Her Imperial Highness Princess Chichibunomiya Setsuko|秩父宮妃勢津子殿下の薨去を悼み奉りて|Chichibunomiya hi Setsuko denka no kōkyo wo itami tatematsurite}}". pp.&nbsp;20–24 (plate number 0012.jp2-)

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|author1=Prince Chichibu|author2= Princess Setsuko|title= Gotemba seiwa|script-title=ja:御殿場清話|editor=Yanagisawa, Takeshi |publisher=Sekai no nihon-sha|year= 1948|series=Figures series #1|ref={{harvid|Gotemba seiwa|1948}}}} {{NCID|BA35453355}}.
* Chichibunomiya Setsuko; Shirasu, Masako {{nihongo|1=|2=白洲, 正子}}; Asō, Kazuko {{nihongo|1=|2=麻生, 和子}}. (April 1951). "{{nihongo|1=|2=陽春鼎談(鼎談)|3=Yōshun teidan (teidan)}}. ''Fujin kōron'' vol. 37, no.4, pp56-65. Chūōkōron Shinsha, {{NAID|1521699230338642816}}.
* {{cite journal |author=Chichibunomiya Setsuko |date=January 1973 |title={{nihongo|1=History of Showa period I shared with Prince (Interview)|2=宮さまと私の昭和史〔談話〕|3=Miyasama to watakushi no shōwashi 'Danwa'}} |journal=Bungei shunjū |volume=51 |number=1 |url= |id={{NAID|1521699229931106688}} |ref={{harvid|Bungei shunjū|1973}} |pages=220–231}}
* Chichibunomiya Setsuko. (February 1976) "{{nihongo|1=|2=皇族団欒|3=Kōzoku danran}}". ''Bungei shunjū'',　vol. 54, issue 2, pp.p282-300, Bungeishunjū, {{NAID|1521980705157621504}}.
* {{nihongo|1=Uyeno, Toshio|2=上野, 寿郎}} ''{{nihongo|1=|2=[https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA5808818X 会津の秘録 : 秩父宮勢津子妃殿下とたか女]|3=Aizu no hiroku: Chichibunomiya Setsuko hidenka to Takajo}}. Toshio Uyeno, 1987.  {{NCID|BA5808818X}}.
* {{Nihongo|1=Watanabe, Midori|2=渡辺, みどり}}. {{nihongo|1=|2=[https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BN13181934 波瀾のプリンセス : 秩父宮勢津子妃の昭和史]|3=Haran no purinsesu : Chichibunomiya Setsuko hi no shōwashi}}. Asahi Newspaper, 1995, "Asahi news shop series #031", {{NCID|BN13181934}}.
* Princess Chichibu. ''The Silver Drum: A Japanese Imperial Memoir''. Folkestone, Global Books Ltd.(distribution, UK) (May 1996). Trans. Dorothy Britton. {{ISBN|1-86034-004-0}}
** ''Prince and Princess Chichibu : two lives lived above and below the clouds''. Rev. and expanded 2nd ed. Folkestone, Global Books Ltd.(distribution, UK) (2010). Trans. Britton, Dorothy. {{ISBN|1=1905246242|2=9781905246243}}. Including a complete translation of Setsuko, Princess Chichibu's memoir ''The silver drum.''
* Ema, Shuichi. ''Chichibu no Miya Hi Setsuko no shogai''. Kaibushiki Kaisha Kuppon (1996). {{ISBN|4-88975-601-9}} (Japanese)
* Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. ''Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility''. University of California Press (1995). {{ISBN|0-520-07602-8}}
* Fujitani, T. ''Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan''. University of California Press; Reprint edition (1998). {{ISBN|0-520-21371-8}}
* {{nihongo|1=|2=特集カラー1 秩父宮勢津子妃の装い--新収品展「明治・大正・昭和の装い」より|3=Chichibunomiya Sestuko-hi no yoso'oi &mdash; Shinshūhinten "Meiji/Taishō/Shōwa no yoso'oi" yori}} (May 2002). ''Rekishi dokuhon'', vol.47, no.5, pp.&nbsp;11–13, Shinjinbutsu Ōrai-sha, {{NAID|1521699230029337984}}.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Setsuko, Princess Chichibu}}
*[http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history12.html Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Chichibu] at the Imperial Household Agency website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050517091948/http://bookshop.libdems.org.uk/item.jsp?ID=2816 "The Silver Drum"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051225224829/http://japan.squares.net/rose/fl/PrincessChichibu.htm "Floribunda Roses"]

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