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 order of succession.

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 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
20/23 Kuniie (邦家) 1802 1817 . 1872 See ōke
21 Sadanori (貞教) 1836 1848 . 1862
22/24 Sadanaru (貞愛) 1858 1862 . 1923 son of Kuniie (#20)
25 Hiroyasu
(博恭)
1875 1923 . 1946
26 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

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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 YasuhikoPrince Higashikuni NaruhikoPrince Tsunehisa Takeda
1882-1919
Princess Masako Takeda
(1888–1940)
Prince Fushimi HiroyasuPrince Kaya Kuninori
1867-1909
Prince Asaka TakehikoHigashikuni MorihiroPrince Tsuneyoshi Takeda
(1909–1992)
Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi
1897-1938
Kaya TsunenoriPrince Kuni AsaakiraPrince Asaka Tomohiko
(b. 1943)
15
Nobuhiko HigashikuniPrince 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 [jp]
(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

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References

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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
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