Except in the case of Westerners of Japanese ancestry, Japanese names appear in their proper order, with the surname preceding the given name.
Macrons indicate long vowels.
These characters may appear garbled on your web browser. Mr. Hamish Todd of the British Library authored the essay on the House of Arisugawa no miya. The primary purpose of this site is to provide genealogical information on the emperors of Japan and members of the imperial family. This is not a gossip site. This is website is in no way affiliated with the Japanese government or the Imperial Household Agency.