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- Morihiro Higashikuni (東久邇 盛厚, Higashikuni Morihiro), formerly Prince Morihiro (盛厚王, Morihiro Ō, 6 May 1916 – 1 February 1969) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family, grandson of Emperor Meiji and husband of Shigeko Higashikuni, eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kōjun.
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Morihiro Higashikuni (東久邇 盛厚, Higashikuni Morihiro), formerly Prince Morihiro (盛厚王, Morihiro Ō, 6 May 1916 – 1 February 1969) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family, grandson of Emperor Meiji and husband of Shigeko Higashikuni, eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito ...
Morihiro Higashikuni (東久邇 盛厚, Higashikuni Morihiro), formerly Prince Morihiro (盛厚王, Morihiro Ō, 6 May 1916 – 1 February 1969) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family, grandson of Emperor Meiji and husband of Shigeko Higashikuni, eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito ...
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The eldest son and heir of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prince Morihiro had the distinction of being a grandson of Emperor Meiji and simultaneously both a first cousin and a son-in-law of Emperor Hirohito. He was born in Tokyo, and like most male members of the imperial family during the Empire of Japan, was groomed to pursue a career in the milita...
After graduation from the Gakushuin Peers’ School and the Central Military Preparatory School, Prince Higashikuni served for a session in the House of Peers. He graduated from the 49th class of Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1938, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the field artillery. He was soon promoted to first lieutenant in the ...
On 10 October 1943, Prince Higashikuni married eighteen-year-old Princess Shigeko Teru ( 9 December 1925 – 23 July 1961), the eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun, who was widely known by her childhood appellation Teru-no-miya. The bride and groom were related several times over through their common descent from Emperor Meiji and Prin...
In October 1947, the Higashikuni and other branches of the Japanese Imperial Family were divested of their titles and privileges during the American occupation of Japanand became commoners. As a commoner, he attempted several unsuccessful business ventures before eventually becoming the chief of the research division of the Hokkaido Mining and Stea...
Coox, Alvin D. Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939. Stanford University Press; Reprint edition (1990). ISBN 0-8047-1835-0Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. W. W. Norton & Company (2000). ISBN 0-393-32027-8- 3 min
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni (東久邇宮稔彦王, Higashikuni-no-miya Naruhiko Ō, 3 December 1887 – 20 January 1990) was a Japanese imperial prince, a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 30th prime minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 to 9 October 1945, a period of 54 days. He is the shortest-serving prime minister ...
Shigeko Higashikuni (東久邇 成子, Higashikuni Shigeko, 6 December 1925 – 23 July 1961), born Shigeko, Princess Teru (照宮成子内親王, Teru-no-miya Shigeko Naishinnō), was the wife of Prince Morihiro Higashikuni (grandson of Emperor Meiji) and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun.
Morihiro Higashikuni (東久邇 盛厚, Higashikuni Morihiro), formerly Prince Morihiro (盛厚王, Morihiro Ō, 6 May 1916 – 1 February 1969) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family and husband of the Emperor Hirohito's eldest daughter.
Who was Morihiro Higashikuni? Higashikuni Morihiro, formerly HIH Prince Higashikuni Morihiro (6 May 1916 – 1 February 1969) was a member of a branch line of the Japanese imperial family and husband of the Emperor Hirohito's eldest daughter.
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