Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito

Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
Born	September 19, 1867 Kyoto, Japan
Died	June 27, 1922(1922-06-27) (aged 54) Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1891 - 1922
Rank	Marshal-Admiral
Commands held	IJN 2nd Fleet
Battles/wars	First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War
Awards	Order of the Golden Kite (3rd Class)

Marshal-Admiral Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito (東伏見宮依仁親王, Higashifushimi-no-miya Yorihito-Shinnō^?, September 19, 1867 – June 27, 1922) was the second (and last) head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an ōke cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family.

Born on September 19, 1867, as seventeenth (and posthumous) son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie, head of the Fushimi-no-miya, one of the 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. He was a younger half-brother of Field Marshal Prince Komatsu Akihito, Prince Kuni Asahiko, General Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, Field Marshal Prince Kan'in Kotohito and Field Marshal Prince Fushimi Sadanaru.

Originally styled "Prince Fushimi Sadamaro", he was adopted into the Yamashina-no-miya household in 1869, followed by the Komatsu-no-miya house in 1885. He was then adopted by Emperor Meiji as a potential heir to the throne in 1886. He succeeded to the Higashifushimi-no-miya title upon the death of the first head, Prince Komatsu Akihito, on February 3, 1903.