Yoshiko Kawashima
Yoshiko Kawashima | |
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Yoshiko Kawashima in Manchukuo army uniform | |
| Native name | 川島 芳子 |
| Birth name | Xianyu (顯玗) |
| Other names | Dongzhen (東珍) Jin Bihui (金璧輝) Eastern Jewel |
| Nickname | Joan of Arc of Manchukuo |
| Born | 24 May 1907 |
| Died | 25 March 1948 (aged 40) |
| Buried | Shōrinji, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
| Allegiance | Manchukuo Empire of Japan |
| Branch | Kwantung Army |
| Conflicts | Pacification of Manchukuo |
| Spouse |
Ganjuurjab
(m. 1927; div. 1930) |
| Relations | Shanqi (father) Lady Zhanggiya (mother) Naniwa Kawashima (adoptive father) |
| Other work | Spy |
| Aisin Gioro Xianyu | |||||||||
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Kawashima in a recording studio, 1933 | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 金璧輝 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 金璧辉 | ||||||||
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| Birth name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 愛新覺羅·顯玗 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 爱新觉罗·显玗 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 東珍 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东珍 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Eastern Jewel | ||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Kanji | 川島芳子 | ||||||||
| Hiragana | かわしま よしこ | ||||||||
| Katakana | カワシマ ヨシコ | ||||||||
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Yoshiko Kawashima (川島 芳子, Kawashima Yoshiko; 24 May 1907 – 25 March 1948), born Xianyu, was a Qing dynasty princess of the Aisin-Gioro clan. She was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War. She is sometimes known in fiction under the pseudonym "Eastern Mata Hari". After the war, she was captured, sentenced, and executed as a traitor by the Nationalist government of the Republic of China. She was also a notable descendant of Hooge, eldest son of Hong Taiji.