Yoshihisa, Prince Kitashirakawa 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
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Equestrian monument to Prince Kitashirakawa in Kitanomaru Park, located north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace
Princess Kitashirakawa Tomiko, consort
Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa, heir
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei
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The Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War. Its flag was either a w
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
…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…
Standard-bearer at the 2006 Aizu Parade bearing the flag of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei
Troops from Sendai, following their mobilization in April, joined the Northern Alliance against Imperial troops in May 1868.