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Arisugawa-no-miya

Extinct (1987) branch Japanese royalty

Summary

Extinct (1987) branch Japanese royalty

Field	Value
native_name	有栖川宮
other_names	{{Plainlist
type	Branch of the Imperial Family of Japan (shinnōke)
image	Arisugawa_no_miya.png
image_size	80px
image_caption	Mon of Arisugawa-no-miya
parent_family	Imperial Family of Japan
country
region
origin	Yamashiro Province
founded
founder	Imperial Prince Takamatsu Yoshihito (Emperor Go-Yōzei's seventh son)
final_head	Imperial Prince Arisugawa Takehito
historic_seat
other_families	Mito Tokugawa family
traditions	Calligraphy, Waka
heirlooms
estate
dissolution

Takamatsu-no-miya 高松宮 (1625-1638)
Hanamachi-no-miya 花町宮 (1647-1655)

The Arisugawa-no-miya was one of the shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were, until 1947, eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out.

History

The Arisugawa-no-miya house was founded by Prince Yoshihito, seventh son of Emperor Go-Yōzei (d. 1638), and was originally named Takamatsu-no-miya. The house changed its name to Arisugawa-no-miya after its second head, Prince Nagahito, was elevated to the throne as Emperor Go-Sai.

The Arisugawa-no-miya house traditionally served as instructors in calligraphy and waka composition to successive generations of Emperors. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, when Emperor Meiji was restored, his uncle, Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (1835–1895), became commander-in-chief, and in 1875 Chancellor of the Realm. After his suppression of the Satsuma Rebellion in 1875, he was made a field-marshal, and he was again commander-in-chief in the First Sino-Japanese War. His younger brother, Prince Arisugawa Takehito (1862–1913), was from 1879 to 1882 attached to the British navy, as a military attaché and later as a cadet. He went on to command positions in the Japanese Navy and represented Japan in formal visits to England.

The Arisugawa line ended early in the twentieth century when no male heirs remained. However, the Imperial Household Agency revived the original title of Takamatsu-no-miya for the third son of Emperor Taishō. The line again became extinct on Prince Takamatsu Nobuhito’s death, as he had no children.

In 2003, an impostor to the Arisugawa line appeared who was actually Yasuyuki Kitano, the son of a greengrocer. He fraudulently received ¥13 million from supporters of the Imperial family. Kitano was found guilty and imprisoned for 26 months for the con.

Family heads

		Name		Born		Succeeded		Resigned		Died
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※In Imperial Household Law at that time, an Imperial prince was not taken from his birth family by the adopted family. Prince Nobuhito re-founded the Takamatsu-no-miya. Therefore, Prince Nobuhito was not considered the eleventh generation Takamatsu-no-miya but the first generation of the second Takamatsu-no-miya.

References

Keene, Donald. Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912. Columbia University Press (2005).
Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility. University of California Press (1995).

Notes

References

{{EB1911
(2006-09-12). "The prince of conmen who lost his crown". [[The Times]].

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