Count Higashifushimi Kunihide (東伏見 邦英, 16 May 1910 – 1 January 2014) was the titular head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an extinct branch of the Imperial House of Japan, and a Buddhist monk.
[4] Upon leaving the imperial family, he was ennobled as Count Higashifushimi and appointed a Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.
He held the title of count until October 1947, when the nobility and cadet branches of the imperial family lost their status.
As chairman, he led the opposition to a ¥50 temple admission fee imposed by the city of Kyoto, denouncing it as "contrary to the principle of separation of church and state and freedom of religion."
[6][7] As of 4 July 2012, when he surpassed Naruhiko, by reaching the age of 102 years and 49 days, he remains the longest-lived member, of the Imperial House of Japan.