Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito

Higashifushimi Yorihito
東伏見宮依仁親王
BornSeptember 19, 1867
Kyoto, Japan
DiedJune 27, 1922(1922-06-27) (aged 54)[1]
Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service1891–1922
Rank Marshal Admiral (posthumous)
CommandsIJN 2nd Fleet
Battles / warsFirst Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
AwardsCollar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Golden Kite (3rd Class)
Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain[2]
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[3]
Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
Prince Higashifushimi
Reign1903-1922
IssueHigashifushimi Kunihide (adopted)
FatherPrince Fushimi Kuniie
Prince Komatsu Akihito (adoptive father)

Marshal-Admiral Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito (東伏見宮依仁親王, Higashifushimi-no-miya Yorihito-Shinnō, September 19, 1867 – June 27, 1922) was the second (and last) head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an ōke cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family.

  1. ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy.
  2. ^ Jenzen-Jones, N.R. (20 October 2022). "The King George V Gensuitō: An Imperial Japanese rarity in the Royal Collection". Arms & Armour. 19 (2): 185–197. doi:10.1080/17416124.2022.2126100. S2CID 253055340. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ^ Visit to London of Admiral His Imperial Highness Prince Yorihito of Higashi Fushimi (Report). Vol. Royal Archives, PS/PSO/GV/PS/MAIN/23106.