Moromasa

Moromasa-ō (1917, Taisho 6 – September 1, 1923, Taisho 12) was a member of the Japanese imperial family and the second son of Prince Yakushiji Minoru. His mother was Princess Sōji, the ninth daughter of Emperor Meiji. His brothers included Army Major Morio-ō and his younger brothers included Marquis Akitsune Awata and Toshi Hiko Tarama.

His life is as follows: He was born at 2:50 a.m. on November 3, 1917, at his palace in Tokyo. After his birth, on the seventh night, November 10, he was named Moromasa. He was the second child born to Princess Sōji.

On September 1, 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred, and Prince Moromasa was affected and died in the early hours of the same day. At that time, he was staying at the summer villa of Tetsunosuke Yoshimura in Fujisawa town, Kaga District, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was an infant under the age of five. His body was transported on the destroyer "Yuunagi" by arrangements made by retired Navy Captain Shizuo Matsuoka on the afternoon of the 8th at 3:00 p.m. to Shibaura.

Prince Moromasa's remains were erected on Kujinuma Beach as a memorial monument for the disaster caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake. Notably, during the earthquake, Princess Sakiko, the wife of Prince Taketada Yamakami, and Princess Kan-in, of the Kan'in Imperial Family, were also affected. Princess Sakiko lost her life at her villa in Odawara, and Princess Kan-in in Kamakura. In total, three members of the imperial family lost their lives in this disaster.

Later, Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) designated September 1 as "Day of Restraint," citing the deaths of imperial family members in the earthquake.

Additionally, on September 13 of the same year, a funeral ceremony for Prince Moromasa was held at the residence of Prince Yakushiji, and afterward, his casket was laid to rest at Toyoshima Okakayama Cemetery.

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