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| Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (北白川宮成久王, Kitashirakawa-no-miya Naruhisa-ō, 1887 - 1923) was the 3rd head of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. His father, Prince Yoshihisa, during the civil war of 1868-69 had fled north with Shogunate partisans and was made the nominal head of the "Northern Alliance" (Ouetsu Reppan Domei). This short-lived alliance consisted of almost all of the domains of northern Japan under the leadership of Date Yoshikuni of Sendai. Documents exist which name Prince Yoshihisa as "'Emperor Tōbu"' (東武天皇 , Tōbu-tennō), and delineate the holders of the chief positions of a new, northern court; however, historians are divided as to whether or not Prince Yoshihisa was actually named emperor. Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa became a professional soldier, and was sent to Germany for military training. |
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