Prince Fushimi Sadanaru

Infobox Military Person
name= Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
lived= 9 June 1858 - 4 February 1923
placeofbirth=Kyoto, Japan
placeofdeath=Tokyo, Japan


caption= Prince Fushimi Sadanaru in Meiji period postcard
nickname=
allegiance=Empire of Japan
branch=
serviceyears=1875-1923
rank=Field Marshal
commands=IJA 4th Division, IJA 1st Division, IJA 10th Division
unit=
battles=First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
awards= Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Golden Kite (2nd Class)
family=
laterwork=Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

nihongo|Prince Fushimi Sadanaru|伏見宮貞愛親王|Fushimi-no-miya Sadanaru-Shinnō|extra=9 June 1858 – 4 February 1923 was the 22nd head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (branch of the Imperial Family), and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Early life

Prince Sadanaru was born in Kyoto as the fourteenth son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie (1802-1875) and was thus the half brother of Prince Yamashina Akira, Prince Kuni Asahiko, Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, and Prince Kan'in Kotohito. He succeeded his father as the head of the Fushimi-no-miya family in 1875.

Marriage & family

In 1872, Prince Sadanaru married Princess Arisugawa Toshiko (1852-1930), the daughter of Prince Arisugawa Taruhito, with whom he had two daughters and two sons.
# Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (16 October 1875 – 16 August 1946)
# Prince Fushimi Akinori
# Princess Fushimi Kuniko (b. 18 March 1880)
# Princess Fushimi Sachiko (b. 27 June 1885)

Military career

A career army officer, Prince Sadanaru studied military tactics at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in France and later in Germany in the 1870s. Upon his return to Japan, he advocated the establishment of a Japanese version of an army General Staff based on the Prussian model. He was commander of the IJA 4th Division in 1892, and commander of the IJA 1st Division in 1895.

General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru served as a field commander in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), commanding the IJA 10th Division.

He represented Emperor Meiji at the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on 26 May 1896. In June 1904, he was promoted to full general, and continued to serve as a field commander in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Emperor Meiji promoted him to field marshal and a member of the Supreme War Council in 1905.

Prince Fushimi was a close advisor to then-Crown Prince Yoshihito (later Emperor Taishō). He served as "Naidaijin" (Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan) from 1912 to 1915, thus becoming the only imperial prince to have served in that office.

Prince Fushimi represented Japan at the state funeral of Great Britain's King Edward VII 20 May 1910. He met with the new King George V at Buckingham Palace.

The Prince died of influenza on 5 February 1923 and was accorded a state funeral. Dowager Princess Fushimi (Toshiko) died on 3 January 1930. He was succeeded by his son, Fleet Admiral Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu.

His decorations include the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Order of the Golden Kite (2nd Class).

Gallery

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