Famous People of Japan
Japanese people database × places of origin
H

Higashifushimi Kunihide

東伏見慈洽
Wiki ↗

Count Higashifushimi Kunihide (東伏見 邦英; 16 May 1910 – 1 January 2014) 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).

Source: “Higashifushimi Kunihide”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt