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Yi Bangja

Yi Bangja
Yi Bangja.jpg
Crown Princess Euimin of Korea
Pretend 24 April 1926 – 1 May 1970
Predecessor Empress Sunjeong
Successor Julia Mullock
Born (1901-11-04)4 November 1901
Tokyo
Died 30 April 1989(1989-04-30) (aged 87)
Nakseon Hall, Changdeok Palace, Seoul
Spouse Crown Prince Euimin
(m. 1920; d. 1970)
Issue Yi Jin
Yi Gu
Father Morimasa, Prince Nashimoto
Mother Lady Nabeshima Itsuko
Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea
Japanese name
Kanji 梨本宮方子
Korean name
Hangul 이방자
Hanja 李方子
Styles of
Bangja, Crown Princess of Korea
Reference style Her Imperial Highness
Spoken style Your Imperial Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Yi Bangja, Crown Princess Uimin of Korea (also Euimin, Japanese: 李方子 Ri Masako) (4 November 1901 – 30 April 1989) was the consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea. She and her husband would have been the emperor and empress of the Empire of Korea if Korea had not been annexed to the Empire of Japan in 1910.

Born Princess Masako Nashimoto, she was the first daughter of Japanese aristocrat Prince Nashimoto Morimasa, the seventh son of Prince Kuni Asahiko, and his wife, Princess Itsuko, a daughter of Marquis Naohiro Nabeshima. She was a first cousin of Empress Kōjun of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa and mother of Emperor Akihito, and of Princess Yoshiko, the wife of Prince Yi Geon. On her mother's side, she was also a first cousin of Princess Setsuko, the wife of Prince Chichibu, Emperor Hirohito's younger brother.

Princess Masako was a leading candidate to wed the crown prince of Japan, the future Emperor Hirohito. Other candidates included Princess Kuni Nagako (who became the future Empress Kōjun), and Tokiko Ichijō, a peeress. The possibility of infertility and the feeble political influence of her family were among the reasons she was removed from the list of candidates. However, Princess Masako was selected instead to wed Crown Prince Euimin of Korea who had been held by Japanese government under the name of studying abroad in 1916. The wedding was held on 28 April 1920, at Korean King's Palace in Tokyo. Princess Masako was still a student at the Girls' Department of the Gakushūin Peers' School at the time, and her new title became Her Royal Highness Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin . Despite an unfavorable fertility diagnosis prior to her marriage, she gave birth to a son, Prince Jin, on 18 August 1921. However, Prince Jin died under suspicious circumstances when she visited Korea with her husband on 11 May 1922.


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