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Nashimoto Morimasa

Gensui Prince Morimasa Nashimoto
梨本宮守正
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Prince Nashimoto
Reign 2 December 1885 – 14 October 1947
Head of Nashimoto-no-miya
Reign 2 December 1885 – 2 January 1951
Born (1874-03-09)9 March 1874
Died 2 January 1951(1951-01-02) (aged 76)
Spouse Itsuko Nabeshima
Issue Masako, Crown Princess of Korea
Noriko Nashimoto
Father Prince Kuni Asahiko
Mother Harada Mitsue
HIH Prince Nashimoto Morimasa
Born Kyoto, Japan
Died Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service 1899 -1944
Rank Gensui
Commands held 1st Brigade
16th Division
Battles/wars Russo-Japanese War
World War II
Awards Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Order of the Rising Sun, Order of the Golden Kite

Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (梨本宮守正王, Nashimoto no miya Morimasa ō?, 9 March 1874 – 2 January 1951) was a member of the Japanese Imperial Family and a Gensui (Marshal-General) in the Imperial Japanese Army. An uncle-in-law of Emperor Shōwa, an uncle of his consort, Empress Kōjun, and the father-in-law of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea, Prince Nashimoto was the only member of the Imperial Family arrested for war crimes during the American occupation of Japan following the Second World War.

Prince Nashimoto Morimasa was born in Kyoto, the fourth son of Prince Kuni Asahiko and Harada Mitsue, a court lady. His father, a prince of the blood and one-time Buddhist priest, was the head of one of the ōke collateral branches of the Imperial Family created during the early Meiji period. Originally named Prince Tada, his half-brothers included Prince Kaya Kuninori, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, Prince Kuni Taka, and Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi.


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