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Word: hironobu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...salad days of war, meek, myopic Prince Hironobu Fushimi, distant cousin of Emperor Hirohito, was a middle-aged captain in the Imperial navy. His country's defeat left him a civilian, and like other kinsmen of the Imperial family, without title. His Tokyo mansion had been bombed; he built himself a modest cottage on the site of the ruins. There he and his wife, the former Princess Hanako Kanin, settled down as plain Mr. & Mrs. Hironobu Kacho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Love & the Chickens | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

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