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Prince Hiroyasu was born in Tokyo, the eldest son of Prince Fushimi Sadanaru ( 1858 - 1922 ) and his wife, Princess Toshiko ( 1858 - 1930 ), the daugther of Prince Arisugawa Taruhito. He was a nephew of Prince Kan'in Kotohito and second cousin to both Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kojun. Prince Hiroyasu succeeded to title Kwacho-no-miya in 1883, but returned to the house of Fushimi-no-miya in July 1904. Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu graduated from the Naval Academy in 1888. From 1889 to 1894, he studied naval tactics in Germany. He spoke fluent German. On 9 January 1896, he married Tokugawa Tsuneko (1882-1939), the ninth daughter of Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu {Link without Title} , Japan’s last Shogun . Prince and Princess Fushimi Hiroyasu had six children. Prince Fushimi served as a lieutenant commander in Russo-Japanese war (1904-05). He sustained wounds aboard the Mikasa in the Battle of the Yellow Sea (August 1904). He studied in Great Britain in 1909-1910 and upon his return to Japan commanded the battleship Takachiho (1910). He rose to vice admiral in 1917 and full admiral in 1920. He was a member of the Supreme War Council from 1920 onward. Prince Hiroyasu succeeded his father as the twenty-third head of the house of Fushimi-no-miya in 1923. Admiral Prince Fushimi became the chief of the Naval General Staff on 2 February 1932, replacing Admiral Abo Kiyokazu. Prince Fushimi received the largely honorary rank of Admiral Of The Fleet in April 1932. He supported the 'southward advance" into northern French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies, but expressed reservations about the Tripartite Pact during the 19 September 1940 Imperial Conference. He retired as navy chief of staff on 9 April 1941. He remained a member of the Supreme War Council throughout the war, but officially retired from active list 1944. Prince 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. The Prince died in Tokyo on 16 August 1946 . |
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