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Colonel Prince Yi Geon (October 28, 1909 – December 21, 1990), also Ri Ken and , was a Korean prince and a cavalry officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. The first son of Prince Yi Kang of Korea by Lady Jeong, he was a grandson of Emperor Gwangmu.〔(황세손 이구·이방자 여사 참배 ) chosun.com〕 His Korean name was Yi Geon ( ''I Geon''), and his birth name was Yonggil ( ''Yonggil''). He was brought to Japan in 1918, and entered Gakushūin Primary School.〔(일본에 인질로 간 의천왕의 두 아들 ) arirang21.com〕 In 1930 he was commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Army as a second lieutenant of cavalry. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1932 and to Captain in 1936. He served as the instructor of horsemanship at the Imperial Military Academy. He received further promotions to Major in 1940, and to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1943. With the end of the Second World War in 1945, he concluded his military career with the rank of Colonel. He married , a maternal cousin of Crown Princess Bangja, on October 5, 1931, in Tokyo.〔小田部雄次 ''四代の天皇と女性たち'' 978-4166602735 2002 "その間、虔一とも離婚し、松平佳子となった。つまり、佳子は、戦前から戦後の時代の変遷の中で、松平誠子、広橋誠子、李誠子、桃山佳子、松平佳子と、五度も改名したのであった。"〕 After World War II, he was not allowed to go back to Korea. After he lost royal status by order of the SCAP in October 1947, he was naturalized as a Japanese citizen in 1950. Then he changed his name to Kenichi Momoyama.〔小田部雄次 ''四代の天皇と女性たち'' 978-4166602735 2002 "李鍵は戦後に桃山虔一と改名した。虔一の妻の佳子は旧高松藩主松平伯爵家の一族の娘で誡子といい、広橋家の養女となつて李家に嫁いだ。"〕 When he met his future second wife in 1951, he divorced his first wife. In 1990 he died, Prince Mikasa attended his funeral. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yi Geon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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