{{Short description|Japanese princess}} {{family name hatnote|Sano|lang=Japanese}} {{refimprove|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Ayako Sano | image = HIH PrincessTakeda Ayako.jpg | caption = Ayako in 1930 | spouse = {{marriage|Tsunemitsu Sano|April 1934}} | children = 4 | father = Tsunehisa, Prince Takeda | mother = Masako, Princess Tsune | birth_name = {{nihongo|Princess Ayako Takeda|禮子女王}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|07|04}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|09|03|1913|07|04}} | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | resting_place = Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo | signature = }}
{{nihongo|'''Ayako Sano'''|佐野禮子|Sano Ayako|July 4, 1913 – September 3, 2003}}, formerly {{nihongo|'''Princess Ayako Takeda'''|禮子女王|Ayako Joō}}, was the daughter of Prince Tsunehisa Takeda and Princess Masako Takeda, and was thus the granddaughter of Emperor Meiji through her mother's side. She married Tsunemitsu Sano in March 1934, and had four children.<ref>天皇家の饗宴 - p152 秋山徳蔵 - 1978 "一方、十入の皇女のうち成人なさったのは第六皇女の常宮昌子内親王、第七皇女周宮一: 16 子内親王、第八皇女富美宮允子内親王、第九皇女泰宮聰子内親王の四人で、昌子内親王は竹田宮恆久王と、房子内親王は北白川宮成久王と、そして允子内親王は ...</ref> She lost her status as a member of the Imperial Family in October 1947 with the abolition of collateral imperial houses by the American Occupation Authorities. She died on September 3, 2003.
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