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.
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