Morihiro Higashikuni

Morihiro Higashikuni
Morihiro in 1943
Born
Prince Morihiro (盛厚王)

(1916-05-06)6 May 1916
Died1 February 1969(1969-02-01) (aged 52)
TitleHereditary Prince Higashikuni
Spouses
(m. 1943; died 1961)
Yoshiko Terao
(m. 1964)
ChildrenNobuhiko Higashikuni
Fumiko Higashikuni
Naohiko Higashikuni
Hidehiko Higashikuni
Yūko Higashikuni
Atsuhiko Higashikuni
Morihiko Higashikuni
Parents
FamilyHigashikuni no miya
Military career
Allegiance Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1937–1945
RankMajor
UnitKwantung Army
CommandsFirst Battery, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, Kwantung Army
Battles / warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II
AwardsGrand 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.