Sukemasa Irie

Sukemasa Irie (入江 相政, Irie Sukemasa; June 29, 1905 – September 29, 1985) was a Japanese essayist.

Irie in 1957

Life

A second cousin of the Shōwa Emperor,^[1] Irie was born in Tokyo. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was Grand Chamberlain of Japan (1969–1985). He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Sukemasa Irie

16. Reizei Tamenori (1777-1848) 8. Reizei Tametake (1802-1845) 17. Seikanji Kaneko (d. 1865) 4. Reizei Tametada (1824-1885) 2. Viscount Irie Tamemori (1868-1936) 1. Sukemasa Irie 24. Yanagihara Takamitsu (1793-1851) 12. Yanagihara Mitsunaru (1818-1885) 25. Ōgimachisanjō Noriko (1797-1859) 6. Count Yanagihara Sakimitsu (1850-1894) 26. Hasegawa Yukiaki 13. Hasegawa Utano (1832-1891) 3. Hon. Yanagihara Nobuko (1876-1953) 28. Yamaguchi Naokatsu (1777-1825) 14. Date Munenari (1818-1892) 7. Date Hatsuko (1854-1936) 15. Takeda

Bibliography

• 『入江相政日記』（朝日新聞社全6巻、1990年 - 1991年、朝日文庫全12巻、1994年 - 1995年）