Kisako Sakakibara

Kisako Sakakibara (born October 29, 1921 – November 26, 2013) was a Japanese writer. She was born in Bunkyō Ward (formerly Koishikawa Ward), Tokyo. She was born in Koishikawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, specifically in Kohigashiyama Town. She was the third daughter of Tokugawa Keiji, the seventh son of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and his wife, Inoue Michieko. Her older sister was Princess Kikumiko of Takamatsu, her older brother was Tokugawa Yoshimitsu, and her younger sister was Hisako Ide. It is noted that Kisako was born out of wedlock, and her birth mother is recorded as "Oiide Kiyoko."

Her father was Tokugawa Keiji, and her mother was Tokugawa Michieko. Her siblings include the deceased Tokugawa Keiko and Prince Sadaijin Kikumiko. Her brother was Tokugawa Yoshimitsu, and her younger sister was Kumi Ide.

After graduating from Joshi Gakushuin (Girls' Gakushuin), in 1940, she married Masaharu Sakakibara, the 16th head of the Sakakibara family of the Echigo Province Takata Domain, who held the title of Viscount. Through her marriage, she became a member of the Sakakibara family. She and her husband had one son and one daughter, along with four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Her works include the following: "Children’s Room of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu Family" (Soshisha, 1996), which was published in a Kadokawa Bunko edition in 2000. Others include "Lord and I" (Soshisha, 2001), "Letters from Lord Omiya and Her Imperial Highness the Empress Dowager Teimei: The Old and Noble Era of Empress Teimei" (Yuko Tobari, organized; Soshisha, 2010), and "Kisako Sakakibara Legacy Poetry Collection" (Kadokawa Cultural Promotion Foundation, 2020).

Kisako Sakakibara lived in Suginami Ward, Tokyo.