Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu

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His Imperial Highness
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Marshal Admiral Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
In office
2 February 1932 – 9 April 1941
MonarchShōwa
Preceded byTaniguchi Naomi
Succeeded byOsami Nagano
Supreme War Council
Personal details
BornOctober 16, 1875
Ibuki
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
Battles/warsRusso-Japanese War
Battle of the Yellow Sea
Battle of Tsushima
World War I
World War II


Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Prince Fushimi
Reign1923-1946
PredecessorPrince Fushimi Sadanaru
SuccessorFushimi Hiroaki
Prince Kacho
Reign1883-1904
PredecessorPrince Kachō Hiroatsu
SuccessorPrince Kachō Hirotada
FatherPrince Fushimi Sadanaru

chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy
from 1932 to 1941.

Early life

Prince Hiroyasu was born in

Empress Kōjun, and nephew of Prince Kan'in Kotohito

He succeeded to title Kachō-no-miya on April 23, 1883, upon which he changed his name from "Narukata" to "Hiroyasu," but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya on January 16, 1904.

Marriage & family

On January 9, 1896, Prince Hiroyasu married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882–1939), the ninth daughter of Prince

shōgun
, with whom he had six children:

  1. Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi (博義王, Hiroyoshi-ō, December 8, 1897 – October 19, 1938)
  2. Princess Yasuko (恭子女王, Yasuko-nyoō, 1898–1919); Married Marquis Asano Nagatake
  3. Prince Hirotada (博忠王, Hirotada-ō, 1902–1924); Became Prince Kachō Hirotada
  4. Prince Hironobu (博信王, Hironobu-ō, 1905–1970); Became Marquis Kachō Hironobu: took peerage title of Marquis and succeeded to head of Kachō-no-miya household
  5. Princess Atsuko (敦子女王, Atsuko nyoō, 1907–1936); Married Count Kiyosu Yukiyasu.
  6. Princess Tomoko (知子女王, Tomoko nyoō, 1907–1947); married Prince Kuni Asaakira.
  7. Prince Hirohide (博英王, Hirohide-ō, 1912–1943); Became
    Count Fushimi Hirohide
    : took peerage title of Count, served in IJN, KIA.

Military career

Prince Hiroyasu entered the

Okinoshima, and cruisers Naniwa and Nisshin.[2] He was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite
, 4th class, for his services in the Russo-Japanese War, and was promoted to commander on September 28, 1906.

He studied in

Washington Naval Agreement and the building of a more powerful navy.[3]

Prince Hiroyasu succeeded his father as the twenty-third head of the house of Fushimi in 1923. He was appointed commander of the

Abo Kiyokazu
, and held the post to April 9, 1941.

Prince Fushimi received the largely honorary rank of

marshal admiral on May 27, 1932, and the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
in 1934.

While he was Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service used strategic bombing against Chinese cities including Shanghai and Chongqing. The bombing of Nanjing and Guangzhou, which began on September 22–23, 1937, resulted in widespread international condemnation of Japan and a resolution against Japan by the Far Eastern Advisory Committee of the League of Nations.

As Chief of Staff, he supported the "southward advance" into northern French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies.

Hiroyasu Fushimi was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite, 1st class, in 1942. He remained a member of the Supreme War Council throughout the Pacific War, but officially retired from the active list in 1945.

After the war, Fushimi was the honorary president of the Imperial Life Boat Association, the Japan Seamen's Relief Association, the Cancer Research Society, the Naval Club, the Japan-German Society, and the Scientific and Chemical Research Institute.

Like all members of the Imperial family involved in the conduct of the war, Prince Fushimi was exonerated from criminal prosecutions before the

Tokyo tribunal by Douglas MacArthur. He died in Tokyo shortly after the end of World War II
on August 16, 1946.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:[4]

Gallery

  • HIH Princess Fushimi Tsuneko, consort
    HIH Princess Fushimi Tsuneko, consort
  • HIH Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, heir
    HIH Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, heir
  • HIH Princess Atsuko and Princess Tomoko (twins)
    HIH Princess Atsuko and Princess Tomoko (twins)
  • HIH Princess Fushimi (Kuni) Tomoko, daughter
    HIH Princess Fushimi (Kuni) Tomoko, daughter


References

Notes

  1. ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy.
  2. ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy
  3. ISBN 978-1-55750-042-7
    .
  4. ^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 159.
  5. ^ The London Gazette, issue 28335, p. 779
  6. ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 58.

Books

  • Asada, Sadao (2006): From Mahan to Pearl Harbor. The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557500427.

ISBN 0-06-093130-2
.

External links
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