Mr. Higurashi

 was the late son-in-law of Grandpa and the late Grandma Higurashi, husband of Ms. Higurashi, father of Kagome and Sōta, and posthumous father-in-law to Inuyasha, and maternal grandfather of Moroha.

History
He proposed to Ms. Higurashi by the sacred tree after they had a fight. He died in a car accident several years prior to the start of the series, when Kagome was very little, and the rest of the family moved to Higurashi shrine after his death

Trivia

 * He never makes a physical appearance in the series, neither in pictures or flashbacks.

Media Appearances

 * Episode 48
 * InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time