Everything about Prince Fushimi Sadanaru totally explained
was the 22nd head of the
Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (branch of the
Imperial Family), and a
field marshal in the
Imperial Japanese Army.
Early life
Prince Sadanaru was born in
Kyoto as the fourteenth son of
Prince Fushimi Kuniie (1802-1875) and was thus the half brother of
Prince Yamashina Akira,
Prince Kuni Asahiko,
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, and
Prince Kan'in Kotohito. He succeeded his father as the head of the
Fushimi-no-miya family in 1875.
Marriage & family
In 1872, Prince Sadanaru married
Princess Arisugawa Toshiko (1852-1930), the daughter of
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito, with whom he'd two daughters and two sons.
- HIH Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (16 October 1875 – 16 August 1946)
- HIH Prince Fushimi Akinori
- HIH Princess Fushimi Kuniko (b. 18 March 1880)
- HIH Princess Fushimi Sachiko (b. 27 June 1885)
Military career
A career army officer, Prince Sadanaru studied
military tactics at the
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in
France and later in
Germany in the 1870s. Upon his return to Japan, he advocated the establishment of a Japanese version of an army
General Staff based on the
Prussian model. He was commander of the
IJA 4th Division in 1892, and commander of the
IJA 1st Division in 1895.
General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru served as a field commander in the
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), commanding the
IJA 10th Division.
He represented
Emperor Meiji at the
coronation of
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on
26 May 1896. In June 1904, he was promoted to full
general, and continued to serve as a field commander in the
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Emperor Meiji promoted him to
field marshal and a member of the
Supreme War Council in 1905.
Prince Fushimi was a close advisor to then-
Crown Prince Yoshihito (later
Emperor Taishō). He served as
Naidaijin (
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan) from 1912 to 1915, thus becoming the only imperial prince to have served in that office.
Prince Fushimi represented Japan at the
state funeral of Great Britain's King
Edward VII 20 May 1910. He met with the new
King George V at
Buckingham Palace.
The Prince died of
influenza on
5 February 1923 and was accorded a
state funeral. Dowager Princess Fushimi (Toshiko) died on
3 January 1930. He was succeeded by his son,
Fleet Admiral Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu.
His decorations include the Supreme
Order of the Chrysanthemum,
Order of the Golden Kite (2nd Class).
Gallery
Image:HIH Fushimi Sadanaru.jpg|HIH Fushimi Sadanaru
Image:HIH Fushimi Toshiko.jpg|HIH Fushimi Toshiko
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