Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, was the second head of the Kachō-no-miya collateral branch of the

Japanese imperial family The , also referred to as the Imperial Family or the House of Yamato, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the Emperor i ...

. Prince Kachō Hiroatsu was the son of

Prince Kachō Hirotsune of Japan, was the founder of a ōke, collateral branch of the Imperial Household of Japan, Japanese imperial family. Biography Prince Hirotsune was the twelfth son of Prince Fushimi Kuniye (1802–1875). Hirotsune's father was the twentieth head ...

, and succeeded his father as head of the

Kachō-no-miya The Kachō no Miya is the Imperial Branch House ''miyake'' established in the fourth year of the Keiou Era, or 1868, by the twelfth prince of Fushimi no Miya Kuniie, named ''Kacho no Miya Hirotsune''. In the thirteenth year of the Taisho Era, or ...

house on 25 May 1876. Due to his very young age, he was officially adopted by

Emperor Meiji , also called or , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Reigning from 13 February 1867 to his death, he was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. He was the figur ...

. Of weak constitution, Prince Hiroatsu died on 15 February 1883 at age eight. To prevent the Kachō-no-miya line from becoming extinct, Emperor Meiji assigned

Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu was a scion of the Japanese imperial family and was a career naval officer who served as chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1932 to 1941. Early life Prince Hiroyasu was born in Tokyo as Prince Narukata, the eldest son of Princ ...

to succeed to the title in 1883.

References

* Jansen, Marius B. (2000). ''The Making of Modern Japan.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
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* Keene, Donald. (2002). ''Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912.'' New York:

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.
OCLC 46731178
* Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. (1995). ''Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility.'' Berkeley: University of California Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kacho Hiroatsu, Prince 1875 births 1883 deaths Kachō-no-miya Japanese princes Royalty and nobility who died as children People from Tokyo