Huisheng

Aisin-Gioro Huisheng (26 February 1938 – 4 December 1957) was a noblewoman of Manchu and Japanese heritage. She was born into the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial family of the Qing dynasty. Her father was Pujie, who was the younger brother of Puyi, the last emperor of China. Her mother was Hiro Saga, a Japanese noblewoman whom Pujie married in 1937.

Huisheng was born at the Xinjing Special Municipal First Hospital in Xinjing (present-day Changchun, Jilin, China), the capital of Manchukuo, a puppet state established by Japan in Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Her birth date is recorded as 26 February 1938. She had a younger sister named Husheng, born in 1940. She lived in Manchukuo until 1943 before being sent to Japan to live with her maternal grandparents.

In Japan, she attended several prestigious private schools, including Gakushūin. Her academic interests included Chinese and Japanese literature. Following the end of World War II, Huisheng’s family experienced significant upheaval. Her father was captured by Soviet forces and detained in a prison camp for five years, after which he was extradited to the People's Republic of China in 1950 and incarcerated at the Fushun War Criminals Management Centre. Her mother and sister were also captured and imprisoned in Shanghai before being repatriated to Japan in 1947. Despite this, Huisheng remained in Japan, where she corresponded with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, requesting help to reconnect with her father. Zhou Enlai granted her permission to establish contact with him.

In April 1956, Huisheng enrolled at Gakushūin University. By June of that year, she entered into a romantic relationship with Takemichi Ōkubo, a classmate and the son of a railway executive. In February 1957, her mother strongly opposed her decision to marry Ōkubo. The reasons cited include his status as a commoner, and possibly the fact that Huisheng was considered a potential candidate for marriage to Crown Prince Akihito, the future Emperor of Japan.

On 4 December 1957, Huisheng and Ōkubo were involved in a double death event on Mount Amagi, located in the Izu Peninsula. Their bodies were discovered later. Huisheng was found wearing a golden ring, with her head resting in Ōkubo's left arm. He held a pistol in his right hand. Near their bodies was a twisted piece of tissue paper containing hair and fingernail clippings, indicative of a ritualistic love suicide, known as the Amagisan shinjū, or Love Suicide at Mount Amagi.

Following their deaths, and at the request of Ōkubo’s father, their remains were initially interred together at the Saga family plot in Nison-in. Later, their ashes were transferred to the Aisin-Gioro family plot in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

**Ancestry**:

Huisheng was part of the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial family of the Qing dynasty, with lineage tracing back to Chinese imperial nobility. Her father, Pujie, was the brother of Puyi, the last Emperor of China.

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