Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
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Prince Arisugawa Taruhito |
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Japanese General Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
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| Native name | 有栖川宮熾仁親王 |
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March 17, 1835 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | January 15, 1895 (aged 59) Kobe, Japan |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1867–1895 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Imperial Japanese Army |
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| Awards | Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum |
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (有栖川宮熾仁親王 Arisugawa-no-miya Taruhito-Shinnō?, March 17, 1835 – January 15, 1895) became the 9th head of the Arisugawa-no-miya (有栖川宮家?) line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan on September 9, 1871. He was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was born in Kyoto in 1835, as the son of Prince Arisugawa Takahito by Yūko (d. 1841), the eldest daughter of Saeki Yūjō. He was adopted by Emperor Ninkō as a potential heir to the throne, thus making Taruhito the adopted brother of Osahito Shinnō (the future Emperor Kōmei). Arisugawa was a close advisor to both Emperor Kōmei and his nephew by adoption, Emperor Meiji.
Prince Arisugawa became engaged to Princess Kazu-no-Miya Chikako, the eighth daughter of Emperor Ninkō, on August 8, 1861. However, the engagement was cancelled by the Tokugawa bakufu so that the princess could marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, thus politically sealing the reconciliation between the Shogunate and the Imperial Court.
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