Nagahisa Kitashirakawa | |
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Prince Kitashirakawa | |
In office 1 April 1923 – 4 September 1940 | |
Preceded by | Naruhisa Kitashirakawa |
Succeeded by | Michihisa Kitashirakawa |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 19 February 1910
Died | 4 September 1940 Zhangjiakou, Mengukuo | (aged 30)
Spouse | Sachiko Tokugawa (德川祥子) |
Children | Michihisa Kitashirakawa (北白川道久) Hatsuko Shimazu (島津肇子) |
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Military career | |
Allegiance | Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1931–1940 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | North China Area Army |
Battles / wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Second World War |
Awards | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum |
Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa (北白川宮永久王, Kitashirakawa-no-miya Nagahisa-ō, 19 February 1910 – 4 September 1940) of Japan, was the 4th head of the Kitashirakawa-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.