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*''Born: [[1835]]''
*''Died: [[1895]]''
*''Japanese'': [[有栖川]] 熾仁 親王 ''(Arisugawa Taruhito shinnô)''
Imperial Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was a prominent member of the imperial family in the 19th century.
He was, at one time, prior to [[1860]], engaged to marry [[Kazu-no-miya]] (a daughter of [[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]]; for political reasons she was then married to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] as part of efforts to bring the imperial court and the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] closer together.
In [[1868]], in the lead-up to the surrender of [[Edo castle]], Taruhito met at some point with Imperial Prince [[Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa]], who requested that he support calls for Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] to issue orders halting impending attacks on [[Edo]].<ref>"Major events of surrendering Edo castle," gallery label. Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/40251036953/sizes/k/]</ref>
In [[1881]], during the visit to Japan of King [[Kalakaua]] of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, the king bestowed the [[Order of Kalakaua]] upon Taruhito, among others.<ref>Masaji Marumoto, "Vignette of Early Hawaii-Japan Relations: Highlights of King Kalakaua's Sojourn in Japan on His Trip around the World as Recorded in His Personal Diary", ''Hawaiian Journal of History'' 10 (1976), 62.</ref>
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*''Died: [[1895]]''
*''Japanese'': [[有栖川]] 熾仁 親王 ''(Arisugawa Taruhito shinnô)''
Imperial Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was a prominent member of the imperial family in the 19th century.
He was, at one time, prior to [[1860]], engaged to marry [[Kazu-no-miya]] (a daughter of [[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]]; for political reasons she was then married to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] as part of efforts to bring the imperial court and the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] closer together.
In [[1868]], in the lead-up to the surrender of [[Edo castle]], Taruhito met at some point with Imperial Prince [[Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa]], who requested that he support calls for Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] to issue orders halting impending attacks on [[Edo]].<ref>"Major events of surrendering Edo castle," gallery label. Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/40251036953/sizes/k/]</ref>
In [[1881]], during the visit to Japan of King [[Kalakaua]] of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, the king bestowed the [[Order of Kalakaua]] upon Taruhito, among others.<ref>Masaji Marumoto, "Vignette of Early Hawaii-Japan Relations: Highlights of King Kalakaua's Sojourn in Japan on His Trip around the World as Recorded in His Personal Diary", ''Hawaiian Journal of History'' 10 (1976), 62.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Imperial Family]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
