1910
Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)
Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)
Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)
Higashifushimi Kunihide
Uncle of Emperor Akihito
- Born
- 1910
Count Higashifushimi Kunihide was the titular head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an extinct branch of the Imperial House of Japan, and a Buddhist monk. He was the youngest brother of Empress Kōjun and was the maternal uncle of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. If he had kept his Imperial status, at the time of his death, at age 103, he would have been the longest-lived member, of the Imperial House of Japan. His Dharma name was Jigō (慈洽).