橋本家跡
橋本家は、多くの有名な政治家や歌人を輩出した名門、西園寺家の分家です。
第121代天皇、孝明天皇の妹である皇女和宮もこの邸宅で生まれています。和宮の母で、橋本実久の娘にあたる経子は、第120代天皇である仁孝天皇の典侍でした。皇女和宮は14歳になるまでここで育ちました。朝廷と幕府の融和が喫緊の課題となったため、和宮と有栖川宮との婚約が破棄され、14代将軍徳川家茂との婚姻が取り決められました。明治維新の後は、最後の将軍徳川慶喜の助命にも尽力しました。1877年、箱根での治療中に亡くなり、その亡骸は増上寺の徳川家茂の隣に埋葬されました。
Site of the Hashimoto Residence
The Hashimoto family was a branch of the illustrious Saionji family, many of whose members attained renown as poets or political figures
It was in this residence that Princess Kazu no Miya (1846–1877), a younger sister of the 120th Emperor Komei (1831–1867), was born. Her mother, Tsuneko (1826–1865), the daughter of Hashimoto Sanehisa (1790–1857), was a concubine to Emperor Ninko (1800–1846). Princess Kazu no Miya lived here until she was fourteen. With the relationship between the Imperial Court and the shogunate becoming increasingly strained, it was decided to seek a reconciliation through marriage. The engagement between the princess and Prince Arisugawa no Miya was broken off and she was married instead to the fourteenth shogun, Tokugawa Iemochi (1846–1866). Following the Meiji Restoration, the princess used her influence to protect the life of the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913). Princess Kazu no Miya died in 1877 while under medical treatment in Hakone and was buried beside Tokugawa Iemochi at Zojoji temple.
