Hirohide Fushimi

Hirohide Fushimi
伏見博英
Hirohide Fushimi; 伏見博英
Born	4 October 1912; Tokyo, Japan
Died	21 August 1943 (aged 30); Gulf of Boni, Sulawesi, Netherlands East Indies
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1934–1943
Rank	Lieutenant Commander (posthumous)
Battles / wars	World War II Pacific War †; ;

Count Hirohide Fushimi (伏見博英, Fushimi Hirohide, 4 October 1912 – 21 August 1943) of Japan, was a member of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy who was killed in the line of duty in World War II.

Biography

Born as Prince Hirohide (博英王, Hirohide-ō), the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu. In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (hakushaku) under the kazoku peerage system. The same year, he married Toyoko Yanagisawa (29 October 1917 – 14 November 1939),^[1] younger daughter of Count Yanagisawa Yasutsugu, with whom he had three daughters.^[2] After the death of his wife, he remarried in 1942 to Sadako Kuroda (born 1 June 1915), only daughter of Baron Kuroda Nagatoshi, with whom he had another daughter.

A graduate of the 62nd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, Fushimi Hirohide opted to pursue a military career, and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. During World War II, on 21 August 1943 while serving with the IJN 3rd^{[clarification needed]} Combined Communications Brigade, he was killed in action when his aircraft was shot down over the Gulf of Boni, Sulawesi in the Netherlands East Indies. His grave is located at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.

Descendants

(by Toyoko) Fushimi Mōtoko, born 11 August 1937; married Dōmoto Taizō.
(by Toyoko) Fushimi Kazuko, born 1 December 1938; entered holy orders and assumed the name Seikan, 1952; head of Tokujōmyōin, Kyoto; styled Abbess Fushimi Seikan.
(by Toyoko) Fushimi Junko; died in infancy.
(by Sadako) Fushimi Yoshiko, born 7 June 1943; married Ino Kazou (born 1 January 1941), who assumed the surname of Fushimi upon marriage, eldest son of Ino Noburo.

References

^ 新城, 道彦 (March 2018), "『宮内省省報』を用いた王公族の動向調査―実証的な歴史叙述の基礎作業―", 国際交流研究: 国際交流学部紀要, 20: 59
^ 入江相政 (1990). 入江相政日記 (in Japanese). 朝日新聞社. p. 334. ISBN 978-4-02-261041-6.

[1] 新城, 道彦 (March 2018), "『宮内省省報』を用いた王公族の動向調査―実証的な歴史叙述の基礎作業―", 国際交流研究: 国際交流学部紀要, 20: 59

[2] 入江相政 (1990). 入江相政日記 (in Japanese). 朝日新聞社. p. 334. ISBN 978-4-02-261041-6.

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