Yi Ku
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Yi Ku was a Korean prince who was head of the House of Yi from 1970 until 2005. He was a grandson of Emperor Gojong of the Joseon dynasty. Through Kuni Asahiko his maternal great-grandfather, Ku was a
Yi (c. 1940s) in Japan
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House of Yi
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The House of Yi was the royal family of Joseon and later the imperial family of the Korean Empire, descended from the Joseon founder Yi Seong-gye. All of his descendants are members of the Jeonju Yi c
Yi Ku
…Yi Ku (Korean: 이구; December 29, 1931 – July 16, 2005) was a Korean prince who was head of the House of Yi from 1970 until 2005. He was a grandson of Emperor Gojong of the Joseon dynasty. Through Kuni Asahiko his maternal great-grandfather, Ku was a second-cousin…
Portrait for Taejo of Joseon, a 1872 copy painted by Cho Chungmuk
Emperor Gojong in 1898, painted by Hubert Vos
Crown Prince Yi Un with Itō Hirobumi, 1907
From right to left: Korean princes Yi U, Yi Geon and Yi Un as officers of the Imperial Japanese Army, together with members of the Japanese imperial family at the Yasukuni Shrine, 1938