Count Fushimi Hirohide

Count Fushimi Hirohide (伏見博英, Fushimi-no-miya Hirohide-ō^?, 4 October 1912 – 26 August 1943) of Japan, was a member of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family.

Biography

Born as Prince Fushimi Hirohide, the younger son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was also the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu.

Prince Hirohide (Hirohide ō), on active duty in the Southwest Pacific; renounced imperial title and cr. Count Fushimi, 4 April 1931; m. (1) 1936 Tomiko (b. 29 October 1917, d. 14 November 1939), younger daughter of Count Yaagisawa Yasutsugu by his wife Hisako, sixth daughter of Marquis Nabeshima Naohiro (Hisako was thus a sister of Princess Nashimoto Itsuko), and had issue; (2) 1942 Sadako (b. 1 June 1915), only daughter of Baron Kuroda Nagatoshi, by his wife Hisako, daughter of Viscount Mori Takanori, and had further issue:

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

References

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Name	Hirohide, Fushimi, Count
Alternative names	Fushimi-no-miya Hirohide-ō
Short description	Member of the Imperial Household of Japan
Date of birth	4 October 1912
Place of birth
Date of death	26 August 1943
Place of death