Prince Yamashina Akira

Yamashina Akira
山階宮 晃親王
Prince Yamashina Akira
Prince Yamashina
Reign1864–1898
SuccessorPrince Yamashina Kikumaro
Born(1816-10-12)12 October 1816
Kyoto, Japan
Died17 February 1898(1898-02-17) (aged 81)
Tokyo, Japan
IssuePrince Yamashina Kikumaro
FatherPrince Fushimi Kuniye
MotherFujiki Hisako

Prince Yamashina Akira (山階宮 晃親王, Yamashina-no-miya Akira shinnō) (22 October 1816 – 17 February 1898) was a Japanese diplomat, and the founder of the Yamashina collateral line of the Japanese imperial family.