On 4 February 1930, Prince Takamatsu married Kikuko Tokugawa. The bride was a granddaughter of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a granddaughter of the late Prince Arisugawa Takehito. Shortly after the wedding, Prince and Princess Takamatsu embarked upon a world tour to Europe and then across the United States so as to strengthen the goodwill and understanding between Japan and those nations.

This photo was taken when Prince Takamatsu and his wife Kikuko Tokugawa visited the Nippon Club during their tour of Europe and the United States when they came to New York in 1931.