Kan'in No Miya - Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Prince Kan'in Haruhito, Kan'in-No-Miya (Paperback)

Chapters: Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Prince Kan'in Haruhito, Kan'in-No-Miya. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Prince Kan'in Kotohito Kan'in-no-miya Kotohito Shinn OM, November 10, 1865 May 21, 1945), was the sixth head of a cadet branch the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. Prince Kotohito was born in Kyoto on November 10, 1865 as the sixteenth son of Prince Fushimi Kuniye (18021875). His father was twentieth head of the Fushimi-no-miya, one of the four shinnke, branches of the Imperial Family which were eligible to succeed to the throne if the main line should die out. Since the infant mortality rate in the main imperial household was quite high, Emperor Kmei, the father of Emperor Meiji, adopted Prince Kotohito as a potential heir. Prince Kotohito was thus the adopted brother of Emperor Meiji and a great uncle to both Emperor Shwa and his consort, Empress Kjun. Prince Kotohito was initially sent to Samb-in monzeki temple at the age of three to be raised as a Buddhist monk, but was selected in 1872 to revive the Kan'in-no-miya, another of the shinnke households, which had gone extinct upon the death of the fifth head, Prince Naruhito. On December 19, 1891, Prince Kotohiko married Sanj Chieko (January 30, 1872 March 19, 1947), a daughter of Prince Sanj Sanetomi. The couple had seven children: five daughters and two sons: Prince Kan'in entered the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1877 and graduated in 1881. Emperor Meiji sent him as a military attache to France in 1882 to study military tactics and technology. He graduated from the Army Staff College in 1894, specializing in cavalry. He commanded the 1st Cavalry Regiment from 1897 to 1899. Prince K...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=152607