Kawashima Yoshiko (1907 - October 22, 1947) (川島芳子) was a Manchu princess brought up as a Japanese and executed as a Japanese spy by the Kuomintang after the Second Sino-Japanese War. Originally named Aisin Gioro Xianyu (愛新覺羅·顯紓)with the courtesy name Dongzhen(東珍, literally meaning East Jewel), Kawashima Yoshiko also had another Chinese name, Jin Bihui (金壁輝). She is sometimes known as the eastern Mata Hari. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The Manchu (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: 满族; Traditional Chinese: 滿族; Hanyu pinyin: ) are a Tungusic people who originated in Northeastern Asia, collectively known in English as Manchuria. ... The Chinese Nationalist Party (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhōngguó GuómíndÇŽng), commonly known as the Kuomintang (KMT), is a conservative political party currently active in the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. ... Combatants National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China Imperial Japanese Army, Empire of Japan Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Zhu De, He Yingqin Tojo Hideki, Matsui Iwane, Minami Jiro, Kesago Nakajima, Toshizo Nishio, Neiji Okamura. ... Aisin Gioro (Chinese: 愛新覺羅; pinyin: ixīn j o1) was the family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty. ... Cha can also refer to a Latin American dance, also called the Cha-cha-cha. ... Mata Hari, exotic dancer and convicted spy, made her name synonymous with femme fatale during World War I. For the Indonesian supermarket/department store chain, see Matahari. ...

She was born as the 14th child to Shanqi, the 10th of hereditary Prince Su (肅親王) of the Manchu imperial family. Given to a Japanese Ronin Naniwa Kawashima as an adopted daughter after the Xinhai Revolution by Prince Su, she had been renamed as Kawashima Yoshiko, receiving education in Japan. She had been raped by her foster father when she was 17. She began wearing menswear after failing an attempt at suicide. Graves of 47 Ronin at Sengakuji A ronin (Japanese: 浪人 rōnin: literally, wave man - one who is tossed about, like a wave in the sea) was a masterless samurai during the feudal period of Japan that lasted from 1185 to 1868. ... The Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution (Chinese: 辛亥革命; Pinyin: ), also known as the 1911 Revolution, was a republican revolution which overthrew Chinas ruling Qing Dynasty, which was also known as the Manchu Dynasty, and the establishment of the Republic of China. ...

She was part of the puppet Mongolian Royal Family in Mengjiang. She has been targeted for sensational rumors, so it is difficult to clarify the truth. Historically, Mongolia does not have a royal family per se. ... Mengjiang, (蒙疆 in pinyin: Měngjiāng; in Wade-Giles: Meng-chiang; Postal Pinyin: Mengkiang), Meng Chiang, also known in English as Mongol Border Land, was a puppet state in northern China (consisted of Chahar and Suiyuan provinces) controlled by Japan. ...

Most Chinese consider her a betrayer (or Hanjian in words of Chinese at that time), while some Manchurians and Japanese treat her as a heroine.^{[citation needed]} Before the enemy Wokou have been driven off our lands, all civil servants found negotiating a peace treaty shall be considered a Hanjian and traitor to the nation. ... This article is about the type of character. ...

Portrayal

Her story was featured in the movie The Last Emperor, where she appeared as "Eastern Jewel", played by Maggie Han. This article is about the 1987 film. ...

Anita Mui played Kawashima Yoshiko in a 1990 Hong Kong-produced film. Anita Mui Yim-fong (Traditional: 梅艷芳; Simplified: 梅艳芳; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Cantonese Yale: muìh yihm fòng; October 10, 1963–December 30, 2003) was a popular Hong Kong pop singer and actress. ...

An eight-year-old Kawashima Yoshiko makes a cameo appearance in the PlayStation 2 game Shadow Hearts: Covenant. A character in the previous game in the series also had the name Kawashima Yoshiko, though she was another person altogether and, fictionally, was apparently the namesake for the "real" one. PS2 redirects here. ...

External links

• 男裝女諜川島芳子(Chinese)