| In April 1878, since there were no children between Imperial Prince Taruhito and the Empress, when he was over forty years old, he asked Emperor Meiji to adopt Sawanomiya as an actual successor to the Arisugawa no Miya family. |
明治11年（1878年）4月、40歳を過ぎて妃との間に継嗣の出来ない熾仁親王は、稠宮を事実上の養子として有栖川宮家の後継者にしたい旨を明治天皇に願い出る。 |