Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa

Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Japanese General Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Born	(1847-04-01)1 April 1847 Kyoto, Japan
Died	27 October 1895(1895-10-27) (aged 48) Tainan, Japanese Taiwan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1887–1895
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	4th Division 1st Division
Battles / wars	Taiwan Expedition of 1874 First Sino-Japanese War Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)

Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (北白川宮能久親王, Kitashirakawa-no-miya Yoshihisa-shinnō, 1 April 1847 – 27 October 1895) of Japan, was the second head of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was formerly enshrined in Tainan-Jinja, Taiwan, under the name Kitashirakawa no Miya Yoshihisa-shinnō no Mikoto as the main and only deity.