Sukemasa Irie

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

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.

Ancestors of Sukemasa Irie

16. Reizei Tamenori (1777-1848)

8. Reizei Tametake (1802-1845)

17. Seikanji Kaneko (d. 1865)

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

^ ^a ^b "Irié genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 January 2021.

Preceded by Inada Syūichi	Grand Chamberlain of Japan 1969–1985	Succeeded by Yoshihiro Tokugawa