Prince Asaka Yasuhiko

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Imperial Japanese Army general Japanese prince human member of the Japanese imperial family

Prince Asaka Yasuhiko was a Japanese imperial family member and army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military operations in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the atrocities committed at Nanjing.

Aliases (1)

Prince Asaka Takahiko ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Army general → Japanese prince → human → member of the Japanese imperial family →
allegiance	Emperor of Japan →
associatedWith	war crimes committed by Japanese forces in Nanjing →
burialPlace	Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	Prince Asaka Takahiko → Princess Asaka Kikuko → Princess Asaka Kiyoko → Princess Asaka Noriko →
conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War →
countryOfCitizenship	Empire of Japan →
dateOfBirth	1887-10-20 →
dateOfDeath	1981-04-12 →
education	Imperial Japanese Army Academy → École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr →
era	Meiji period → Shōwa period → Taishō period →
familyName	Asaka →
father	Prince Kuni Asahiko →
givenName	Yasuhiko →
house	House of Asaka →
languageSpoken	Japanese →
lostImperialStatus	1947 →
memberOf	Imperial House of Japan →
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Army →
militaryRank	general →
mother	Nishimura Takeko →
nobleTitle	Prince of Asaka →
notableEvent	Nanjing Massacre →
notableFor	command responsibility during the capture of Nanjing in 1937 → senior imperial family role in the Imperial Japanese Army →
notableResidence	Asaka residence in Tokyo →
participatedIn	Japanese military operations in China →
placeOfBirth	Kyoto, Japan →
placeOfDeath	Tokyo, Japan →
positionHeld	commander of Japanese forces attacking Nanjing →
postwarStatus	not prosecuted by Allied authorities after World War II →
receivedTitle	Prince Asaka (1906) →
religion	Shinto →
residence	Tokyo, Japan →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Empress Kōjun →
spouse	Princess Nobuko →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko ("Prince Asaka Takahiko") →	child
Battle of Nanjing →	commander
Nanjing Massacre →	commanderOfPerpetrators