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  Asaka Yasuhiko
Asaka Yasuhiko (朝香鳩彦 Asaka Yasuhiko, 2 October 1887 - 13 April 1981), Prince Asakanomiya (朝香宮) of Japan, was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a career army officer.
Prince Yasuhiko was born in Kyoto, the eighth son of Prince Kuni Asahiko (Kuni no miya Asahiko Shinnō) and the court lady Tsunoda Sugako.
Prince Yasuhiko was a half-brother of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prince Nashimoto Morimasa, and Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi, the father of the future Empress Kojun, the consort of Emperor Showa.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/as/asaka_yasuhiko.html   (898 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Prince Yasuhiko was a half-brother of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prince Nashimoto Morimasa, Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi, and Prince Kaya Kuninori, the father of the future Empress Kōjun, the consort of Emperor Shōwa.
It was perhaps due to this rift that Prince Asaka was transferred to the Central China Area Army (under elderly General Matsui Iwane) in China in 1937.
On 14 October 1947, Prince Asaka and his children lost their imperial status and privileges and became ordinary citizens, as part of the American Occupation's abolishment of the collateral branches of the Japanese Imperial family.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Asaka_Yasuhiko   (1262 words)

  
  Iwane Matsui - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As he marched his troops westward from Shanghai, however, Hirohito was planning to place his cousin, Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, in command of the SEF.
Asaka was promoted to Matsui's post on December 5, 1937, and Matsui became theater commander.
On December 10, 1937, the SEF began its attack on Nanking, and the Kuomintang forces that remained surrendered on December 13, 1937.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iwane_Matsui   (778 words)

  
 Asaka Yasuhiko trench warfare Asaka Yasuhiko
A son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and an uncle-in-law of Emperor Shōwa, Prince Asaka commanded the final assault of Japanese forces on Nanjing, then the capital city of Nationalist China, in December 1937.
His father, Prince Kuni, was former Buddhist priest and minor prince descended from the Fushimi-no-miya, one the four branch houses of the imperial dynasty (shinnōke) entitled to provide a successor to the throne.
On 6 May 1909, Prince Asaka married Princess Nobuko (7 August 1891 – 3 November 1933), the eighth daughter of Emperor Meiji.
www.find-ask.com /Encyclopedia/Asaka_Yasuhiko/Asaka_Yasuhiko.html   (990 words)

  
 Prince Yasuhiko Asaka and Matsui Iwane killer file
In November Asaka is made commander of part of the Japanese forces descending on Nanking, under commander-in-chief General Matsui Iwane.
Asaka is promoted to the rank of general in August but is never again given a major military command.
Asaka is a symbol of the culture that spawned the terrible events at Nanking and elsewhere in Asia and the Pacific during the 1930s and 40s - the dangerous convergence of the imperial and the military.
www.moreorless.au.com /killers/asaka.html   (2232 words)

  
 Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum: About ASAKA
The Imperial Family of Asaka was established in 1906 by Prince Yasuhiko, the eighth son of Imperial Prince Asahiko Kuni.
Prince and Princess Asaka attended the exhibition on July 9, 1925, accompanied by Paul Leon, Deputy Commissioner-General of the Exposition.
In October 1947, the Imperial Family of Asaka renounced their membership in the Imperial Family, calling themselves the Asaka family, and moved to Atami.
www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp /museum/e_asaka.html   (317 words)

  
 Matsui Iwane@Everything2.com
Asaka was promoted to Matsui's post on December 5, 1937, and Matsui was kicked upstairs to theater commander.
On December 10, 1937, the SEF began its attack on Nanking, and the Kuomintang surrendered on December 13, 1937.
(Asaka, it should be noted, was granted immunity as a member of the Imperial Household, and was thus exempt from the tribunals.
www.everything2.com /?node_id=1364962   (637 words)

  
 New Page 1
The main place where this can be seen is in the indirect conflict between General Matsui Iwane and Prince Asaka Yasuhiko.
In most cases, it might be fair to say that the soldiers would have trusted their reservations about the executions if the order to do so came from a replacement commander and directly opposed previous orders, but this is not what happened.
Yasuhiko, on the other hand, had come to the unit strait from the Emperor.
www.stanford.edu /~kcook/conforming.html   (1362 words)

  
 Book Review
Until now, it was always believed the Japanese imperial family was either politically ignorant of, or lacked sufficient political authority to influence, the pillaging of Asia.
Emperor Hirohito's brother, Prince Chichibu, was in charge of Golden Lily: the emperor's uncle, Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, masterminded the infamous Rape of Nanking.
Hirohito himself, who it has always been thought was kept in ignorance of affairs by Japan's military elite, was fully aware of all developments and could even have halted the attack on Pearl Harbor.
www.mail-archive.com /fukuzawa@ucsd.edu/msg09525.html   (820 words)

  
 Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: Encyclopedia II - Morimasa Prince Nashimoto - Military Career
Like the other princes of the imperial blood at the time, Prince Nashimoto pursued a military career.
www.experiencefestival.com /prince_asaka_yasuhiko   (295 words)

  
 Nanking Atrocities - Introduction
On December 1, 1937, the Imperial Headquarters, which had just been established as the highest authority on strategic matters in the "China Incident" in late November, finally ordered the CCAA to capture "the capital of the enemy state."
Meanwhile the Imperial Headquarters reappointed General Matsui Iwane as the commander-in-chief of the Central China Area Army and newly appointed Lieutenant General Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, Emperor Hirohito's uncle, to take command of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force that made up the CCAA along with the 10th Army.
When the Imperial Headquarters gave ex post facto, or retroactive, approval to the CCAA on December 1, 1937, both the 10th Army and the Shanghai Expeditionary Force had already been marching westward, heading for the capital city of Nanking, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) northwest of Shanghai.
www.geocities.com /nankingatrocities/Introduction/introduction.htm   (1686 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - War in Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Yamamoto noticed that Fleet Admiral Prince Fushimi, the highest-ranking navy officer and a relative of the emperor, was chatting with a group of officers in front of a huge wall map of East Asia and the Pacific.
It was uncommon for the imperial princes to show their intentions in matters of policy openly.
But apparently Asaka was sick of all the quarrels between the two factions in the army.
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=207403   (4034 words)

  
 Music From Japan - Composer Database
The Following page is a listing of the composers listed with Music From Japan
Abe, Keiko Abe, Komei Abe, Ryotaro Abiko, Yoshihiro Adachi, Motohiko Aizawa, Shirotomo Akao, Michiko Aki, Tohru Akutagawa, Yasushi Ando, Yuki Anonymous, Traditional/ Aoki, Shozo Aoki, Takayoshi Arima, Reiko Asaka, Mitsuru Asakawa, Haruo Asaoka, Makiko Ashikawa, Satoshi Azechi, Keiji
Ban, Koya Barber, Samuel Behrman, David Bekku, Sadao Berio, Luciano Braxton, Anthony Butsugu, Atsushi
www.musicfromjapan.org /resources/mfjcomp.htm   (179 words)

  
 Asian Holocaust : WMD Opium, Sex Slaves, Nanjing Massacre, Pillage, Slavery, WMD Unit 731, 100, 516
Archibald Steele of the Chicago Daily News wrote, "feeling that the behavior of the Japanese could not possibly be worse than that of their own defeated army, they were quickly disillusioned."
In Nanjing, the sense of end-of-battle relief quickly turned into an immense fear of Death, Rape and Robbery.
Japanese soldiers under commander-in-chief Prince Asaka Yasuhiko of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force and uncle of Japanese Empress Nagako, looted all the precious Chinese golds and silver, national treasures, ancient artifacts, jades, rugs, porcelain artworks, paintings, antiques and books in the former Chinese capital, for transport to Japan.
www.skycitygallery.com /japan/japan.html   (15784 words)

  
 Worldwide Church of God: Acts of God
Japanese soldier began an orgy of cruelty seldom, if ever, matched in Human History.
In the next 6 to 8 weeks, Japanese soldiers under the direct command of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, the uncle of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, looted all the precious Chinese national treasures, ancient artifacts and books, and committed the infamous "Nanjing Datusha" or Nanjing Massacre", or "Rape of Nanjing".
The brutalities included shooting, stabbing, cutting open the abdomen, excavating the heart, decapitation, drowning, punching the body and eye with an awl.
members.tripod.com /~ejm/acts_of_god.htm   (8158 words)

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