Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
| HIH Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi | |
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| Born | 23 June 1873 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | 29 June 1929 (aged 56) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1897–1929 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War |
| Awards |
Order of the Golden Kite (4th class) Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1909) |
Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi (久邇宮邦彦王 Kuni-no-miya Kuniyoshi ō?, 23 June 1873 – 29 June 1929) was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji and Taishō periods. He was the father of Empress Kōjun (who in turn was the consort of the Emperor Shōwa), and therefore, the maternal grandfather of the present emperor of Japan, Akihito.
Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi was born in Kyoto, the third son of Prince Kuni Asahiko (Kuni-no-miya Asahiko Shinnō) and the court lady Isume Makiko. His father, Prince Asahiko (also known as Shōren-no-miya Sun'yu and Nagakawa-no-miya Asahiko), was a son of Prince Fushimi Kuniye (Fushimi-no-miya Kuniie Shinnō), the head of one of ōke branch houses of the imperial dynasty entitled to provide a successor to the throne of Japan. In 1872, Emperor Meiji granted Prince Asahiko the title "Kuni-no-miya" and authorized him to begin a new branch of the imperial family.
Prince Kuniyoshi succeeded to the title upon his father's death on 29 October 1891. His half-brothers, Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prince Nashimoto Morimasa, and Prince Kaya Kuninori, all formed new branches of the imperial family during the Meiji period.
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