Prince Komatsu Akihito
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Prince Komatsu Akihito
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| Born | February 11, 1846 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | February 18, 1903 (aged 57) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1867-1895 |
| Rank | Field Marshal, Commander in Chief |
| Battles/wars |
Boshin War Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War |
| Awards |
Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class) Order of the Rising Sun (1st class) Order of the Chrysanthemum. |
Prince Komatsu Akihito (小松宮彰仁親王 Komatsu-no-miya Akihito shinnō?, February 11, 1846 – February 18, 1903) was a member 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 served as a career soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Prince Akihito was born as Prince Yoshiaki, the seventh son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie. In 1858, he was adopted by Emperor Ninkō as a potential heir to the throne. As he was born when the country was still under rule by the Tokugawa Bakufu, he was sent into the Buddhist priesthood, and assigned to serve at the monzeki temple of Ninna-ji in Kyoto, where he adopted the title Ninnaji-no-miya Yoshiaki (仁和寺宮嘉彰). He returned to secular life in 1867 during the Meiji Restoration, and led imperial forces to Osaka, Yamato, Shikoku and Aizu during the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.
The prince was initially chosen to seal an alliance with the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by marrying Princess Kaʻiulani. However, these plans never came to fruition.
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