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Prince Yamashina Akira

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to foreign trade, and meeting with foreign dignitaries and royalty. He was one of the few Imperial princes to refuse a military commission, remaining a civilian all his life.
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returned him to secular status, adopted him as a potential heir, and created the title "Yamashina-no-miya" as a new branch of the Imperial house in 1858.
387:(3 July 1873 – 2 May 1908) was born to Prince Yamashina Akira and Nakajō Chieko. Kikumaro was officially adopted to carry on the Yamashina line. 431: 471: 419: 405: 76: 290: 281:
It was not until 1835 that Prince Kuniie officially married Takatsukasa Hiroko (鷹司景子), and they had two sons, Sadanori and
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Prince Yamashina Akira never officially married, but he had a least one concubine, Nakajō Chieko (中條千枝子).
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and entered the priesthood under the title Saihan Hoshinnō. He was later appointed prince-abbot of the
451: 446: 267: 238:(22 October 1816 – 17 February 1898) was a Japanese diplomat, and the founder of the Yamashina 337: 286: 285:; this made Prince Akira unable to succeed the Fushimi-no-miya. He was thus also a half-brother of 266:, the oldest of the four branches of the imperial dynasty allowed to provide a successor to the 415: 401: 349: 320: 189: 117: 365: 353: 341: 275: 263: 109: 440: 262:(1802–1875) and Fujigi Hisako (藤木寿子). Prince Kuniie was the twentieth head of the 311: 316: 271: 345: 306: 332: 327: 270:
should the main imperial house fail to produce an heir. Hisako was a
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From an early age, Prince Akira was groomed to pursue a career as a
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Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility
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After the Meiji restoration, Prince Yamashina served the new
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priest, the traditional career path for non-heir sons in the
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Prince Yamashina
Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
Kyoto
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Japan
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Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
Prince Fushimi Kuniye
collateral line
Japanese imperial family
Kyoto
Prince Fushimi Kuniie
Fushimi-no-miya
Chrysanthemum throne
Nyōbō
Lady-in-waiting
Sadanaru
Prince Kuni Asahiko
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Prince Kan'in Kotohito
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