Fushimi-no-miya


The Fushimi-no-miya is the oldest of the four shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the order of succession.
The Fushimi-no-miya was founded by Prince Yoshihito, the son of the Northern Court Emperor Sukō. As the house was founded by a Northern Pretender, the first three princes are sometimes not recognized as legitimate Fushimi princes.
All of the much later ōke were branches off the Fushimi-no-miya house, all but one of them being created by sons of Fushimi-no-miya Kuniye.
Unless stated otherwise, each prince is the son of his predecessor.
NameBornSucceededResignedDiedNotes
1Prince Fushimi Yoshihito13511409.1416Son of Emperor Sukō
2Haruhito13701416.1417
3Sadafusa1372142514471456son of Yoshihito; father of Emperor Go-Hanazono and the most recent common ancestor in the paternal line of the current Imperial family and its former collateral branches
4Sadatsune14261456.1474brother of Emperor Go-Hanazono
5Kunitaka1456147415161532
6Sadaatsu1488150415451572
7Kunisuke15131531.1563
8Sadayasu15471563.1568
9Kuninobu15661575.1622son of Kunisuke
10Sadakiyo15961605.1654
11Kuninari16151626.1654
12Kunimichi16411649.1654son of Sadakiyo
13Sadayuki16321660.1694son of Sadakiyo
14Kuninaga16761695.1726
15Sadatake17011715.1754
16Kunitada1732174317541759
17Sadamochi17601763.1772son of Emperor Momozono
18Kuniyori17331774.1802son of Sadatake
19Sadayoshi17761797.1841
20/23Prince Fushimi Kuniie18021817.1872See ōke
21Prince Fushimi Sadanori18361848.1862
22/24Prince Fushimi Sadanaru18581862.1923son of Kuniie
25Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu18751923.1946
26Fushimi Hiroaki193219461947.Current head; grandson of Hiroyasu

The sesshu shinnōke and ōke households, along with the kazoku, were reduced to commoner status during the American occupation of Japan, in 1947.

Family tree

This is a family tree of the Fushimi-no-miya of those eligible to succeed to the throne and their ancestors, excluding those who are extinct or demoted to commoners. Numbers provided are given assuming that the Oke are restored.