Fushimi-no-miya

The Fushimi-no-miya (伏見宮) is the oldest of the four shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out.

The Fushimi-no-miya was founded by Prince Yoshihito, the son of the Northern Court Emperor Sukō. As the house was founded by a Northern Pretender, the first three princes are sometimes not recognized as legitimate Fushimi-no-miya Princes.

All of the much later ōke were branches off the Fushimi-no-miya house, all but one of them being created by sons of Fushimi-no-miya Kuniye.

Unless stated otherwise, each prince is the son of his predecessor.

	Name	Born	Succeeded	Resigned	Died	Notes
1	Yoshihito (栄仁)	1351	1409	.	1416	Son of Emperor Sukō
2	Haruhito (治仁)	1370	1416	.	1417
3	Sadafusa (貞成)	1372	1425	1447	1456	son of Yoshihito; father of Emperor Go-Hanazono and the most recent common ancestor in the paternal line of the current Imperial family and its former collateral branches
4	Sadatsune (貞常)	1426	1456	.	1474	brother of Emperor Go-Hanazono
5	Kunitaka (邦高)	1456	1474	1516	1532
6	Sadaatsu (貞敦)	1488	1504	1545	1572
7	Kunisuke (邦輔)	1513	1531	.	1563
8	Sadayasu (貞康)	1547	1563	.	1568
9	Kuninobu (邦房)	1566	1575	.	1622	son of Kunisuke (#7)
10	Sadakiyo (貞清)	1596	1605	.	1654
11	Kuninari (邦尚)	1615	1626	.	1654
12	Kunimichi (邦道)	1641	1649	.	1654	son of Sadakiyo (#10)
13	Sadayuki (貞致)	1632	1660	.	1694	son of Sadakiyo (#10)
14	Kuninaga (邦永)	1676	1695	.	1726
15	Sadatake (貞建)	1701	1715	.	1754
16	Kunitada (邦忠)	1732	1743	1754	1759
17	Sadamochi (貞行)	1760	1763	.	1772	son of Emperor Momozono
18	Kuniyori (邦頼)	1733	1774	.	1802	son of Sadatake (#15)
19	Sadayoshi (貞敬)	1776	1797	.	1841
20	Kuniie (邦家)	1802	1817	.	1872	See ōke
21	Sadanori (貞教)	1836	1848	.	1862
22	Sadanaru (貞愛)	1858	1862	.	1923	son of Kuniie (#20)
23	Hiroyasu (博恭)	1875	1923	.	1946
24	Hiroaki (博明)	1932	1946	1947	.	Current head; grandson of Hiroyasu

The sesshu shinnōke and ōke households, along with the kazoku (Japanese peerage), were reduced to commoner status during the American occupation of Japan, in 1947.

Family tree

This is a family tree of the Fushimi no miya. Numbers provided are given assuming that the Oke are restored

Okihito 1334–1398 Sukō 1348–1351

Yoshihito shinnō 1351–1416

Sadafusa shinnō 1372–1456

Fushimi Sadatsune 1426–1474

Hikohito 1419–1471 Go-Hanazono 1428–1464(102)

Fushimi Kunitaka 1456–1532

Fusahito 1442–1500 Go-Tsuchimikado 1464–1500(103)

Fushimi Sadaatsu 1488–1572

Katsuhito 1464–1526 Go-Kashiwabara 1500–1526(104)

Fushimi Kunisuke 1513–1563

Tomohito 1497–1557 Go-Nara 1526–1557(105)

Michihito 1517–1593 Ōgimachi 1557–1586(106)

Prince Masahito 1552–1586

Fushimi Kuninobu 1566–1622

Kazuhito 1572–1617 Go-Yōzei 1586–1611(107)

Kokohito 1596–1680 Go-Mizunoo 1611–1629(108)

Satohito 1654–1732 Reigen 1663–1687(112)

Asahito 1675–1710 Higashiyama 1687–1709(113)

Fushimi Sadakiyo 1596–1654

Fushimi Sadayuki 1632–1694

Naohito shinnō 1704–1753

Fushimi Kuninaga 1676–1726

Yoshiko 1676–1707

Sukehito shinnō 1733–1794

Fushimi Sadatake 1701–1754

Morohito 1771–1840 Kōkaku 1780–1817(119)

Fushimi Kuniyori 1733–1802

Ayahito 1800–1846 Ninkō 1817–1846(120)

Fushimi Sadayuki 1776–1841

Osahito 1831–1867 Kōmei 1846–1867(121)

Fushimi Kuniie 1802–1872

Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (1847–1895)

Mutsuhito 1852–1912 Meiji 1867–1912(122)

Prince Fushimi Sadanaru 1858-1923

Kuni Asahiko 1824–1891

Kuni Kuniyoshi 1873–1929

Prince Asaka Yasuhiko

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko

Prince Tsunehisa Takeda 1882-1919

Princess Masako Takeda (1888–1940)

Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu

Prince Kaya Kuninori 1867-1909

Prince Asaka Takehiko

Higashikuni Morihiro

Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (1909–1992)

Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi 1897-1938

Kaya Tsunenori

Prince Kuni Asaakira

Prince Asaka Tomohiko (b. 1943) 15

Nobuhiko Higashikuni

Prince Takeda Tsunetada (b. 1940) 26

Prince Takeda Tsuneharu (b. 1944) 28

Tsunekazu Takeda (1947-present) 31

Fushimi Hiroaki 1932-present 4th in line

Prince Kaya Akinori (1929-1994)

Prince Kuni Kuniaki (b. 1929) 8

Prince Kuni Asatake (b. 1940) 11

Prince Kuni Asahiro (b. 1944) 14

Asaka Akihiko (b. 1972) 16

Higashikuni Masahiko (b. 1974) 17

Higashikuni Naohiko (b. 1953) 20

Takeda Tsunetaka (born 1974) 27

Takeda Tsuneaki (b. 1979) 29

Takeda Tsunetomo (b.1980) 30

Takeda Tsuneyasu (1975-present) 32nd in line

Takeda Tsuneyoshi (b. 1978) 33rd in line

Kaya Masanori (b. 1959) 5th in line

Kuni Asataka (b. 1959) 9

Kuni Kuniharu (b. 1961) 10

Kuni Asatoshi (b. 1971) 12

Unknown first son of Higashikuni Masahiko (b. 2010) 18

Unknown second son of Higashikuni Masahiko (b. 2014) 19

Higashikuni Teruhiko (b. 1979) 21

Higashikuni Mutsuhiko (b. 1980) 23

Higashikuni Morihiko (b. 1967) 25

Kaya Hidenori (b. 1996) 6

Unknown second son of Kaya Masanori (b. 1998) 7

Unknown son of Kuni Asatoshi 13

Unknown son of Higashikuni Teruhiko (b. 2004) 22

Unknown son of Higashikuni Mutsuhiko (b. 2012) 24

See also

• Succession to the Japanese throne
• Family Tree of Japanese deities

References

General

• "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" (PDF). Imperial Household Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
• Keane, Donald. Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912. Columbia University Press (2005). ISBN 0-231-12341-8
• Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility. University of California Press (1995). ISBN 0-520-07602-8

Specific