Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014)

Higashifushimi Kunihide

Uncle of Emperor Akihito

Count Higashifushimi Kunihide was the titular head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an extinct branch of the Imperial House of Japan, and a Buddhist monk. He was the youngest brother of Empress Kōjun and was the maternal uncle of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. If he had kept his…