Background
Prince Tsunehisa Takeda was born on September 28, 1882 in Kyoto, Japan. He was the eldest son of Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa and thus the brother of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa.
Princess Takeda Masako, wife
Princess Takeda Masako, wife
Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi, son and heir
Princess Takeda Ayako, daughter
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Prince Tsunehisa Takeda was born on September 28, 1882 in Kyoto, Japan. He was the eldest son of Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa and thus the brother of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa.
In 1902, Prince Tsunehisa Takeda served in the House of Peers, and on November 30, 1903 graduated from the 15th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy. Prince Takeda graduated from the 22nd class of the Army War College in 1910.
In 1904, Prince Tsunehisa Takeda was appointed as a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He served with distinction in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 in the Imperial Guards Division and was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite (5th class) for bravery in combat.
On his return to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War, Emperor Meiji authorized Prince Tsunehisa to start a new princely house in March 1906, largely to provide a household with suitable status for his sixth daughter Masako, Princess Tsune.
Prince Takeda Tsunehisa died during the worldwide epidemic of the Spanish influenza in Tokyo in 1919.
In 1908 Tsunehisa -O married Princess Masako, the sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji.