Higashikuni (Naruhiko), died 1990, imperial prince of Japan

attended 1920 Ecole Sup=E9rieur de guerre (war school) in Paris, right
or wrong?

Arround 1926 living in Paris the prince enjoyed the fact of having as
mistress Madame C. Matthyssens, estranged wife of .., her brother or
Paris landlord was Monsieur Emile Vernillet, living 5, rue Antoine
Arnault, Paris XVI.

Anything more precise known?

CJ Buyers...

Field Marshal H.I.H. Naruhiko, 1st Prince Higashikuni
(Higashikuni-no-miya Naruhiko-O). Born at the Nashimoto-no-miya Bette,
Kawaramachi, Kyoto, 3rd December 1887. He died at Tokyo, 20th January
1990. Married at the Kashikodokoro Sanctuary, Imperial Palace, Tokyo,
18th May 1915, H.I.H. Princess Yasu (Toshiko) (b. at the Aoyama Palace,
Tokyo, 11th May 1896; d. at Tokyo, 5th March 1978), youngest daughter
of Emperor Meiji. They had four sons (two sons and one grandson were
either adopted to other families or founded their own noble houses
outside the Imperial family).

I cannot find anything on him in my notes for the period. He was
educated at St Cyr, but I do not have the dates. He would have been 33
in 1920, so slightly too old perhaps?

The earliest date I have after his 1918 promotion to Major is 1928,
when he was appointed commanding officer of the 3rd Infantry Regiment
of the Japanese Army.

His detailed career details as follows: educ. Gakushuin Peers' Sch.,
Imperial Military Acad. and Imperial War Coll., Tokyo, and =C9cole
Speciale Militaire de St Cyr, Paris. Cmsnd. 2nd Lieut. 1908, Capt. and
coy. cdr. 29th Infantry Regt. 1915, Maj. 1918, GSO Army HQ, Cdr. 3rd
Infantry Regt. 1928-1929, prom. Maj-Gen. 1929, Cdr. 5th Nagoya Infantry
Bde. 1930-1934, prom. Lt-Gen. 1934, Cdr. 4th Dvsn. 1934-1935,
Instructor High Military Coll. 1935-1937 and 1939, Head of Military
Aviation Bureau 1937-1938, Cdr. 2nd Army in North China 1938-1939,
prom. Gen. 1939, prom. Field Marshal. Supreme War Councillor 1935, 1939
and 1941-1944, Prime Minister of Japan 14th August - 9th October
1945. Deprived of his Imperial styles and titles, 14th October 1947.
Assumed the name of Naruhiko Higashikuni. cre. Higashikuni-no-miya, 3rd
November 1906. Rcvd: the Collar of the Supreme Order of the
Chrysanthemum, GC of the Order of the Rising Sun (with Powlownia
flowers), and the Order of the Golden Kite 1st class (1940), etc.

Christopher Buyers

edespalais...

of this love affair?