Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
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Japanese General Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
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| Born | April 1, 1847 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | November 5, 1895 (aged 48) Tainan, Taiwan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1887-1895 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | IJA 4th Division, IJA 1st Division |
| Battles/wars | Taiwan Expedition of 1874 |
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (北白川宮能久親王 Kitashirakawa-no-miya Yoshihisa-shinnō?, 1 April 1847 – 5 November 1895) of Japan, was the second head of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was formerly enshrined in Tainan-Jinja, Taiwan, under the name Kitashirakawa no Miya Yoshihisa-shinnō no Mikoto as the main and only deity.
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa was the ninth son of Prince Fushimi Kuniye (1802–1875). He entered the Buddhist priesthood under the title Rinnoji-no-miya. He served as abbot of Kan'ei-ji in Edo.
During the unrest of the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate, Prince Yoshihisa fled north with Tokugawa partisans of the following the Satsuma-Chōshū takeover of the city of Edo, and was made the nominal head of the "Northern Alliance" (Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei). This short-lived alliance consisted of almost all of the domains of northern Japan under the leadership of Date Yoshikuni of Sendai. Documents exist which name Prince Yoshihisa as "'Emperor Tōbu"' (東武天皇 Tōbu-tennō, (alternately 東武皇帝 Tōbu-kōtei)?), and delineate the holders of the chief positions of a new, northern court; however, historians are divided as to whether or not Prince Yoshihisa was actually named emperor. Depending on the source, Prince Yoshihisa's planned era name (nengō) is believed to have been either Taisei (大政) or Enju (延寿).
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