Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi

Kuniyoshi
Prince Kuni
Prince Kuni
Reign1891–1929
PredecessorPrince Kuni Asahiko
SuccessorPrince Kuni Asaakira
Born23 June 1873
Kyoto, Japan
Died29 June 1929(1929-06-29) (aged 56)
Tokyo, Japan
SpouseShimazu Chikako
Military career
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1897–1929
RankField Marshal (Gensui)
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War
AwardsOrder of the Golden Kite (4th class)
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

Kuniyoshi, Prince Kuni (久邇宮邦彦王, Kuni-no-miya Kuniyoshi ō, 23 June 1873 – 29 June 1929) was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji and Taishō periods. He was the father of Empress Kōjun (who in turn was the consort of the Emperor Hirohito), and therefore, the maternal grandfather of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.