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Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa

Nagahisa Kitashirakawa
Japanese Imperial Army Captain Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa
Prince Kitashirakawa
In office
1 April 1923 – 4 September 1940
Preceded byNaruhisa Kitashirakawa
Succeeded byMichihisa Kitashirakawa
Personal details
Born(1910-02-19)19 February 1910
Tokyo, Japan
Died4 September 1940(1940-09-04) (aged 30)
Zhangjiakou, Mengukuo
SpouseSachiko Tokugawa (德川祥子)
ChildrenMichihisa Kitashirakawa (北白川道久)
Hatsuko Shimazu (島津肇子)
Parents
Military career
Allegiance Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1931–1940
RankMajor
UnitNorth China Area Army
Battles / warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Second World War
AwardsGrand 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.


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