Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa

Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa was a member of the Japanese imperial family who, as abbot of the Rinnōji temple at Ueno, fled Edo in 1868 and became nominal head of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, the northern alliance resisting the new imperial government. Pardoned after its defeat, he studied in Germany and became an army officer. He died in Taiwan in 1895 while commanding troops in the Japanese invasion of the island.