Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
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Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni was a member of the Japanese imperial family and general of the Imperial Japanese Army who served as the prime minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 until his resignation
Formal portrait of Prince Higashikuni
Higashikuni in 1945
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1920
Higashikuni Cabinet with Mamoru Shigemitsu, Mitsumasa Yonai and Fumimaro Konoe in front row.
Morihiro Higashikuni
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Morihiro Higashikuni, formerly Prince Morihiro was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family, grandson of Emperor Meiji and husband of Shigeko
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
…married the ninth daughter of Emperor Meiji, Toshiko, Princess Yasu (11 May 1896 – 5 March 1978), on 18 May 1915. The couple had four sons. Prince Higashikuni Morihiro (盛厚王, Morohiro ō; 6 May 1916 – 1 February 1969); married Shigeko, Princess Teru, the eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. Prince Moromasa…
Morihiro in 1943
At the marriage ceremony in 1943
Prince Morihiro in the Philippines during World War II