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 of 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 | Fushimi-no-miya Yoshihito shinnō (伏見宮 栄仁親王) | 1351 | 1409 | . | 1416 | Son of Emperor Sukō |
| 2 | Fushimi-no-miya Haruhito-ō (伏見宮 治仁王) | 1370 | 1416 | . | 1417 | |
| 3 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadafusa shinnō (伏見宮 貞成親王) | 1372 | 1425 | 1447 | 1456 | son of Yoshihito; father of Emperor Go-Hanazono |
| 4 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadatsune shinnō (伏見宮 貞常親王) | 1426 | 1456 | . | 1474 | brother of Emperor Go-Hanazono |
| 5 | Fushimi-no-miya Kunitaka shinnō (伏見宮邦高親王) | 1456 | 1474 | 1516 | 1532 | |
| 6 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadaatsu shinnō (伏見宮 貞敦親王) | 1488 | 1504 | 1545 | 1572 | |
| 7 | Fushimi-no-miya Kunisuke shinnō (伏見宮 邦輔親王) | 1513 | 1531 | . | 1563 | |
| 8 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadayasu shinnō (伏見宮 貞康親王) | 1547 | 1563 | . | 1568 | |
| 9 | Fushimi-no-miya Kuninobu shinnō (伏見宮 邦房親王) | 1566 | 1575 | . | 1622 | son of Kunisuke |
| 10 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadakiyo shinnō (伏見宮 貞清親王) | 1596 | 1605 | . | 1654 | |
| 11 | Fushimi-no-miya Kuninari shinnō (伏見宮 邦尚親王) | 1615 | 1626 | . | 1654 | |
| 12 | Fushimi-no-miya Kunimichi shinnō (伏見宮 邦道親王) | 1641 | 1649 | . | 1654 | son of Sadakiyo |
| 13 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadayuki shinnō (伏見宮 貞致親王) | 1632 | 1660 | . | 1694 | son of Sadakiyo |
| 14 | Fushimi-no-miya Kuninaga shinnō (伏見宮 邦永親王) | 1676 | 1695 | . | 1726 | |
| 15 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadatake shinnō (伏見宮 貞建親王) | 1701 | 1715 | . | 1754 | |
| 16 | Fushimi-no-miya Kunitada shinnō (伏見宮 邦忠親王) | 1732 | 1743 | 1754 | 1759 | |
| 17 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadamochi shinnō (伏見宮 貞行親王) | 1760 | 1763 | . | 1772 | son of Emperor Momozono |
| 18 | Fushimi-no-miya Kuniyori shinnō (伏見宮 邦頼親王) | 1733 | 1774 | . | 1802 | son of Sadatake (#15) |
| 19 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadayoshi shinnō (伏見宮 貞敬親王) | 1776 | 1797 | . | 1841 | |
| 20 | Fushimi-no-miya Kuniie shinnō (伏見宮 邦家親王) | 1802 | 1817 | . | 1872 | See ōke |
| 21 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadanori shinnō (伏見宮 貞教親王) | 1836 | 1848 | . | 1862 | |
| 22 | Fushimi-no-miya Sadanaru shinnō (伏見宮 貞愛親王) | 1858 | 1862 | . | 1923 | |
| 23 | Fushimi-no-miya Hiroyasu-ō (伏見宮 博恭王) | 1875 | 1923 | . | 1946 | |
| 24 | Fushimi-no-miya Hiroaki-ō (伏見宮 博明王) | 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.
References
- 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