Lady Hiro Saga (嵯峨浩, Saga Hiro), (16 April 1914 – 20 June 1987), was the daughter of Marquis Saga and distant relative of Japanese Emperor Shōwa. She was married in 1938 to Prince Pujie, brother of the Emperor Puyi (China 1908-1912 and Manchukuo 1934-1945). After her marriage to Prince Pujie, she was known as, and identified herself as, Aisin-Gioro Hiro (愛新覺羅•浩), or Aisin-Gioro Hao in Manchu language.
The Saga family was of the kuge court nobilit...
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Lady Hiro Saga (嵯峨浩, Saga Hiro), (16 April 1914 – 20 June 1987), was the daughter of Marquis Saga and distant relative of Japanese Emperor Shōwa. She was married in 1938 to Prince Pujie, brother of the Emperor Puyi (China 1908-1912 and Manchukuo 1934-1945). After her marriage to Prince Pujie, she was known as, and identified herself as, Aisin-Gioro Hiro (愛新覺羅•浩), or Aisin-Gioro Hao in Manchu language.
The Saga family was of the kuge court nobility and a branch of the Ogimachi Sanjo（ja） branch of the northern Fujiwara （ja） lineage. Hiro was born in Tokyo as the eldest daughter of Marquis Saneto Saga（ja） in 1914. She was educated at the Women's branch of the Gakushuin Peers’ School.
In 1937, she was introduced to Prince Pujie, younger brother of the Manchukuo Emperor Puyi, who was attending the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, in an arranged marriage interview. Pujie had selected her photograph from a number of possible candidates vetted by the Kwantung Army. As his brother Emperor Puyi...
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