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Prince Yasuhiko Asaka

1887 - 1981

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Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (朝香宮鳩彦王, Asaka-no-miya Yasuhiko-ō; 20 October 1887 – 12 April 1981) was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China and the Second World War. He was the son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and uncle by marriage of Emperor Hirohito. As the commander of Japanese forces outside Nanjing in December 1937, Asaka presided over the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians in what came to be known as the Nanjing Massacre. After Japan's defeat in World War II, General Douglas MacArthur granted immunity to the country's Imperial Family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Yasuhiko Asaka is the 699th most popular nobleman (down from 461st in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 528th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka ranks 699 out of 1,415. Before him are Gisela of France, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Sikelgaita, and Louis III, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Balša II, Ageltrude, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, and Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka ranks 103. Before him are Hanns Kerrl, Antanas Merkys, Mario Roatta, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Georg Heym, and Lil Dagover. After him are Samuil Marshak, Josef Frings, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Alvin Hansen, Walter Ruttmann, and Louise Arner Boyd. Among people deceased in 1981, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka ranks 84. Before him are Carl Ludwig Siegel, Jean Eustache, Savitri, Jerzy Neyman, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, and Yakov Pavlov. After him are Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Norman Taurog, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Nargis, and Mohammad Beheshti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka ranks 762 out of 6,245. Before him are Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Shizo Kanakuri (1891), Keigo Higashino (1958), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Toyohito Mochizuki (1953), and Jiro Taniguchi (1947). After him are Nobuko Kondo (1956), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Masateru Akita (1982), Motoori Norinaga (1730), and Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka ranks 5. Before him are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), and Yodo-dono (1569). After him are Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Princess Mako of Akishino (1991).

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