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[[File:Kitashirakawa-yoshihisa.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze statue of Prince Kitashirakawa, erected [[1903]]/1/26 in the Kitanomaru (North Bailey) of the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]], outside the Headquarters of the Imperial Guard, later repaired and moved slightly.]]
*''Born: [[1847]]''
*''Died: [[1895]]/10/28''
*''Other Names'': 公現法親王 ''(Kougen hou shinnou)''
*''Japanese'': 北白川宮能久親王 ''(Kitashirakawa no miya Yoshihisa shinnou)''
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa was an Imperial prince, military officer, and the first member of the Imperial family to die outside of Japan. He died in [[Taiwan]] in [[1895]], and was enshrined at Tainan Shrine.
Yoshihisa was born the ninth son of Prince Fushimi-no-miya Kuniie in [[1847]]. At the age of one, he was named abbot (''[[monzeki]]'') of [[Shoren-in|Shôren-in]], and then at 11, in [[1858]], abbot of [[Rinno-ji (Ueno)|Rinnô-ji]] & [[Kan'ei-ji]] (in the Ueno neighborhood of [[Edo]]). He was given the Buddhist name Kôgen around that time.
In [[1870]], he returned to secular life, and regained the title of Fushimi-no-miya (Prince Fushimi). He joined the military, and was ordered by Imperial edict to travel to Prussia to study military studies. While there, in [[1872]], he succeeded to the title Kitashirakawa-no-miya. After returning to Japan, he joined the Imperial Guard in [[1877]], and was named a Major General in the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] in [[1884]]. He served the head of the First Infantry Brigade, and the staff officer headquarters. In [[1892]], the prince was then promoted to Lieutenant-General. He then passed through being head of the 4th and 6th Divisions, before being named head of the Imperial Guard in January [[1895]]. The Prince traveled to Taiwan in that capacity, but fell ill from tropical disease, and died on 28 October 1895.
He was posthumously promoted to Army General and granted the Collar of the Supreme [[Order of the Chrysanthemum]]<!--大勲位菊花章頸飾--> and the [[Order of the Golden Kite]], Third Class. He is buried in the Imperial cemetery at [[Toshima-ga-oka Cemetery]] in [[Tokyo]].
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==References==
*Plaque at Kitanomaru Park.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15435393531/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Imperial Family]]
*''Born: [[1847]]''
*''Died: [[1895]]/10/28''
*''Other Names'': 公現法親王 ''(Kougen hou shinnou)''
*''Japanese'': 北白川宮能久親王 ''(Kitashirakawa no miya Yoshihisa shinnou)''
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa was an Imperial prince, military officer, and the first member of the Imperial family to die outside of Japan. He died in [[Taiwan]] in [[1895]], and was enshrined at Tainan Shrine.
Yoshihisa was born the ninth son of Prince Fushimi-no-miya Kuniie in [[1847]]. At the age of one, he was named abbot (''[[monzeki]]'') of [[Shoren-in|Shôren-in]], and then at 11, in [[1858]], abbot of [[Rinno-ji (Ueno)|Rinnô-ji]] & [[Kan'ei-ji]] (in the Ueno neighborhood of [[Edo]]). He was given the Buddhist name Kôgen around that time.
In [[1870]], he returned to secular life, and regained the title of Fushimi-no-miya (Prince Fushimi). He joined the military, and was ordered by Imperial edict to travel to Prussia to study military studies. While there, in [[1872]], he succeeded to the title Kitashirakawa-no-miya. After returning to Japan, he joined the Imperial Guard in [[1877]], and was named a Major General in the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] in [[1884]]. He served the head of the First Infantry Brigade, and the staff officer headquarters. In [[1892]], the prince was then promoted to Lieutenant-General. He then passed through being head of the 4th and 6th Divisions, before being named head of the Imperial Guard in January [[1895]]. The Prince traveled to Taiwan in that capacity, but fell ill from tropical disease, and died on 28 October 1895.
He was posthumously promoted to Army General and granted the Collar of the Supreme [[Order of the Chrysanthemum]]<!--大勲位菊花章頸飾--> and the [[Order of the Golden Kite]], Third Class. He is buried in the Imperial cemetery at [[Toshima-ga-oka Cemetery]] in [[Tokyo]].
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==References==
*Plaque at Kitanomaru Park.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15435393531/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Imperial Family]]