Prince Nashimoto Moriosa
Prince Nashimoto Moriosa, was the founder of a collateral line of the Japanese imperial family.
Prince Moriosa was born in Kyoto, the 10th son of Prince Fushimi Sadayoshi, the nineteenth head of the Fushimi-no-miya, the oldest of the four branches of the imperial dynasty allowed to provide a successor to the Chrysanthemum throne should the main imperial house fail to produce an heir. He was adopted by Emperor Kōkaku, but later became a Buddhist priest at the monzeki temple of Emman-in. He was named Kajii-no-miya and rose to become head of the Tendai sect.
After the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, Emperor Meiji recalled him to secular status, and he resumed the secular name Moriosa-ō. In 1870, Emperor Meiji granted him the title Nashimoto-no-miya and permission to form a new princely house.
As Prince Nashimoto was childless, he adopted Prince Yamashina Kikumaro, the eldest son of Prince Yamashina Akira, as his heir. Prince Nashimoto Moriosa died on 2 December 1885 but Prince Kikumaro remained in the Yamashina-no-miya family, and the Nashimoto-no-miya title passed to Prince Morimasa, the fourth son of Prince Kuni Asahiko instead.
