of Japan, was the second head of the Kachō-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. Prince Kachō Hiroatsu was the son of Prince Kachō Hirotsune, and succeeded his father as head of the Kachō-no-miya house on 25 May 1876. Due to his very young age, he was officially adopted by Emperor Meiji. Of weak constitution, Prince Hiroatsu died on 15 February 1883 at age eight. To prevent the Kachō-no-miya line from becoming extinct, Emperor Meiji assigned Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu to succeed to the title in 1883. References Jansen, Marius B. (2000). The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 44090600 Keene, Donald. (2002). Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 46731178 Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. (1995). Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1875 births 1883 deaths Kachō-no-miya Japanese princes Royalty and nobility who died as children People from Tokyo