Fushimi Hiroaki
| Hiroaki Fushimi | |
|---|---|
| Prince Fushimi | |
| Reign | 16 August 1946 – 14 October 1947 |
| Predecessor | Hiroyasu Fushimi |
| Head of Fushimi-no-miya | |
| Reign | 16 August 1946 – present |
| Born | 26 January 1932 |
| Spouse | Tokiko Yoshikawa |
| Issue |
Masako Fushimi Nobuko Fushimi Akiko Hiroaki |
| Father | Hiroyoshi Fushimi |
| Mother | Tokiko Ichijō |
Fushimi Hiroaki (伏見宮 博明王 Fushimi-no-miya Hiroaki-ō, born 26 January 1932) is the only son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi (1900–1937), and 24th head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (collateral branch of the Imperial Family of Japan).
Fushimi Hiroaki was born in Tokyo, and educated at the Gakushuin Peers School. His father, Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi was a naval commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and died shortly after the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Prince Hiroaki, therefore, became the twenty-fourth head of the Fushimi-no-miya upon the death of grandfather, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, on 16 August 1946.
He was styled His Imperial Highness. With the abolition of the collateral branches of the Imperial household by the American occupation authorities after the end of the Pacific War, Prince Fushimi became a commoner, Hiroaki Fushimi on 14 October 1947. He later traveled to the United States and attended Centre College in Kentucky. He returned to Japan to pursue a career with Mobil Oil.
His late wife, the former Tokiko Yoshikawa, was the daughter of the president of Yoshikawa Optical Instruments. The couple has three daughters: Masako (born 1964), Nobuko (born 1961), and Akiko (born 1959).
References
- Fujitani,T. Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan. University of California Press; Reprint edition (1998). ISBN 0-520-21371-8
- Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility. University of California Press (1995). ISBN 0-520-07602-8