Yi Bangja
| Yi Bangja | |
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| Crown Princess Euimin of Korea | |
| Pretend | 24 April 1926 – 1 May 1970 |
| Predecessor | Empress Sunjeong |
| Successor | Julia Mullock |
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4 November 1901 Tokyo |
| Died | 30 April 1989 (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 | |||||||
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| Kanji | 梨本宮方子 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 이방자 | ||||||
| Hanja | 李方子 | ||||||
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| Romanization | Nashimoto-no-miya Masako |
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| Revised Romanization | I Bang-ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Pang-cha |
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Styles of Bangja, Crown Princess of Korea |
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| 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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