旧皇族
主人公の東京帝国大学の同窓生として「村田ノ宮(むらたのみや)」が登場する。作者自身の自伝的小説であり、実際に中野と同学年に山階宮家の藤麿王が在学していた。
大正天皇 (嘉仁; 1879–1926) 昭和天皇 (裕仁 born 1901) (1) 継宮明仁親王 (b. 1933) (2) 義宮正仁親王 (b. 1935) (3) 秩父宮雍仁親王 (b. 1902) (4) 高松宮宣仁親王 (b. 1905) (5) 三笠宮崇仁親王 (b. 1915) (6) 寬仁親王 (b. 1946)
1887) (朝香宮) (22) 孚彦王 (b. 1912) (23) 誠彦王 (b. 1943) (24) 東久邇宮稔彦王 (b. 1887) (東久邇宮) (25) 盛厚王 (b. 1916) (26) 信彦王 (b. 1945) (27) 俊彦王 (b. 1929) 北白川宮能久親王 (1847–1895) (北白川宮) 竹田宮恒久王 (1882–1919) (竹田宮) (29) 恒徳王 (b. 1909) (30) 恒正王 (b. 1940) (31) 恒治王 (b. 1944) 北白川宮成久王 (1887–1923) 北白川宮永久王 (1910–1940) (28) 北白川道久王 (b. 1937) 伏見宮貞愛親王 (1858-1923) 伏見宮博恭王 (1875–1946) 博義王 (1897–1938) (7) 伏見宮博明王 (b. 1932) 閑院宮載仁親王 (1865–1945) (32) 閑院宮春仁王 (b. 1902)
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