was the 5th head of the Kan'in-no-miya

Kan'in-no-miya

The ' is the youngest of the four shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out. It was founded by Prince Naohito, the son of Emperor Higashiyama....

 line of shinnōke

Shinnoke

was the collective name for the four cadet branches of the Imperial Household of Japan, which were until 1947 entitled to provide a successor to the Chrysanthemum throne if the main line failed to produce an heir...

cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan.

He became the 5th head in 1828 after the passing of Prince Kan'in Tatsuhito.

Because the prince had no heirs, the title of Prince Kan'in lay dormant with his death. The 6th prince was Prince Kan'in Kotohito

Prince Kan'in Kotohito

, wasthe sixth head of a cadet branch the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940.-Early years:...

, who was selected in 1872 from the imperial branch Fushimi-no-miya.