Diplomatic Career
Prince Komatsu Akihito also served the Meiji government in a diplomatic capacity. In 1886, he went to England, France, Germany and Russia on behalf of Emperor Meiji.
He was sent to Constantinople in 1887 to mark the inaugural step in relations between Ottoman Empire and the Empire of Japan. Prince Komatsu was received in an audience by the Ottoman Emperor ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II.
In July 1901, Prince Komatsu Akihito and Princess Yoriko returned to the United Kingdom to represent Emperor Meiji at the coronation ceremonies for King Edward VII.
In his latter years, Prince Komatsu was a patron of the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, along with other charity institutions. As Prince Komatsu died without heirs, the title of Komatsu-no-miya reverted back to his younger brother, Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito. However, to preserve the Komatsu family name, in 1910 the fourth son of Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa was renamed Teruhisa Komatsu, with the peerage title of marquis (koshaku).
The prince was also on the list of three possible suitors for marriage to the Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, Kaʻiulani.
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