Morihiro Higashikuni | |
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Born | Prince Morihiro (盛厚王) 6 May 1916 |
Died | 1 February 1969 St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan | (aged 52)
Title | Hereditary Prince Higashikuni |
Spouses | |
Children | Nobuhiko Higashikuni Fumiko Higashikuni Naohiko Higashikuni Hidehiko Higashikuni Yūko Higashikuni Atsuhiko Higashikuni Morihiko Higashikuni |
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Family | Higashikuni no miya |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1937–1945 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | Kwantung Army |
Commands | First Battery, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, Kwantung Army |
Battles / wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Awards | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers Order of the Golden Kite (4th Class) |
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.