After the removal of 11 collateral branches from the Imperial House in October 1947, the official membership of the Imperial Family has effectively been limited to the male line descendants of the Emperor Taishō, excluding females who married outside the Imperial Family and their descendants.
Nakon uklanjanja 11 pobočnih grana iz Carske kuće u listopadu 1947., službeno članstvo carske obitelji bilo je ograničeno na muške potomke cara Taishō, isključujući žene koje su se udale izvan carske obitelji i njihove potomke.