I want to know about the descendants of Aixinjuela Puyi! Learn about the Last Emperor’s upbringing and his descendants today!
Have you ever heard of Aishinkakura Fugi?
His name, which for the Japanese would have been a bit of a problem due to the many Chinese characters, was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the model for the movie “The Last Emperor”.
He became emperor at only two years old and would abdicate after only four years.
Later, he became emperor in yet another form, and after abdicating, he bridged China and Japan as a gardener and member of the Council of Consultative Commerce.
This article presents the life story of Aixinjueluo Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and his descendants today.
Besides him, we can also keep an eye on his brother’s daughter, Kosei Fukunaga, who lived a spectacular life, and Aishin Kakurai Wei, who shares the same surname.
- 1 I want to know about the descendants of Aixinjuela Puyi!
- 2 There are no children of Aixinjueluo Puyi.
- 3 Descendants related to Aixinjueluo Puyi
- 4 The Life of Puyi Aixinjueluo, the “Last Emperor
- 5 Fukunaga Kosei’s upbringing
- 6 Working as a bridge between China and Japan
- 7 Qing family lineage
- 8 To learn more about China’s imperial period, please visit
I want to know about the descendants of Aixinjuela Puyi!
Puyi was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He also acceded to the throne as Emperor of Manchukuo, a country occupied by Japan after the Manchurian Incident.
We would like to explore what kind of life his descendants are leading today.
There are no children of Aixinjueluo Puyi.
Puyi had a regular wife named Enyo, but had no children.
Euphony once gave birth to his first daughter, but Puyi did not recognize her as his child and killed her by throwing her into a boiler within an hour of her birth.
Also, aides who were suspected of wrongdoing with the euphemisms were exiled.
He had no love for his wife or children, and he was obsessed with the restoration of the Qing dynasty and its return to the monarchy.
Another reason why Puyi did not have children is said to be that he was a homosexual or asexually impotent person.
Hiroshi, the wife of Puyi’s own brother, says in his book that “Puyi was a homosexual,” and Li Shuxian, Puyi’s fifth side wife, testified that “Puyi was a sexually impotent man and he received treatment.
Thus, there are many theories as to why Puyi has no children.
Puyi had no children, but his younger brother, Aixinjuela Puyi, had two girls with his loving wife.
The sisters’ names are Eisei andKosei.
His sister Keisei famously committed forced suicide on Mt. Amagi and was the subject of a movie titled “Amagisan Shinju Tenkoku ni Tsunagai Koe” (“Amagisan Shinju: A Voice Tied to Heaven”).
His younger sister, Ye Sheng, had a spectacular experience, including being separated from her own father and being forced to wander the Chinese mainland in the midst of the fighting.
Other descendants of the emperor’s family include Aixinjuela Wei (愛新覚羅 維).
This chapter describes two of them, Kosei Fukunaga and Wei Aixinjueluo.
Kosei Fukunaga
Nobuo Fukunaga was born in Tokyo in 1940 as the second daughter of his father, Puyuharu Aixinjuela, and his mother, Hiro Saga.
After the war ended in 1945, the Manchukuo State was dismantled and the father went into exile in Japan.
They experience a very difficult life, enduring frostbite, dysentery, and weakness.
After becoming a naturalized citizen of Japan, Hsiao came to live with his mother’s family, the Sagas in Tokyo.
However, even after nearly a year, the horrible memories of her childhood were not gone, and she could not get out of the habit of sleeping with her clothes and shoes wrapped in a furoshiki (wrapping cloth) under her pillow so that she could escape at any time.
Also, when I took the Gakushuin Elementary School entrance exam, I annoyed my mother by answering, “Yes, prison,” to the question, “Where have you lived so far?
After his father’s release, he returned to China again.
However, due to strong memories of childhood fears and her desire for an ordinary life in Japan, she ended up living in Japan.
He currently lives in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, where he gives lectures on his own war experiences and testimonies from the life of Puyi and his mother.
Aixinjuela Wei
Aixinjueluo Wei, as his surname suggests, is a descendant of the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty.
She is currently serving as the director of the Eye Clinic Otemachi.
She is very beautiful and friendly, and uploads posts about her daily life and hobbies of traveling and visiting restaurants on her Instagram.
She has had a very illustrious career, graduating from Nagoya University School of Medicine in 2017 and obtaining her MD from the University of Tokyo, where she is a specialist in ophthalmology.
At the clinic where he works, everyone calls him Dr. Aichan or Dr. Ai out of affection.
Thus, some descendants of Chinese imperial families are now ophthalmologists in Japan.
The Life of Puyi Aixinjueluo, the “Last Emperor
In this chapter, we present the epic life story of Puyi, the model for the movie “The Last Emperor.
He was born in Peking and was one of those who were tossed about by the currents of the times, having twice ascended to the throne and thenabdicated due to the fall of his country.
Read on, paying attention to his relationship with Japan.
Enthroned as emperor at age 2
Puyi was born in 1906 in Beijing.
He was the son of Aixinjuela Saiho, the younger brother of the 11th emperor, Emperor Guangxu.
Then, under the direction of Empress Xi, he was adopted by Emperor Guangxu and acceded to the throne as Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
By Queen Xi, he would become the 12th Xuan Tong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty at the age of only two years and ten months.
His coronation ceremony was held in the Forbidden City and attracted worldwide attention. After that, he lived in the Forbidden City with eunuchs.
However, corrupt politics, the selfish behavior of the Queen Mother of the West, foreign invasions, and a great famine led to an outburst of public discontent.
Abdicated in 1912.
When the Xinhai Revolution by Sun Yat-sen took place in 1911 and the Republic of China was established, the Qing Dynasty was destroyed.
Therefore, Puyi was forced to abdicate in 1912, only four years after his accession to the throne.
After his abdication, he was allowed to stay in the Forbidden City as before, where he will continue his Western-style education and study English.
For the purpose of receiving such an education, he invites Reginald Johnston to the Forbidden City as his tutor.
At first, Puyi refused to invite Johnston, a foreigner, to the Forbidden City, but was impressed by his erudition and decided to accept him.
Puyi received daily education from Johnston, but also received imported goods such as clothes, telephones, and automobiles to learn about the West.
Under these influences, Puyi’s appearance and thought changed to a Western style.
Main activities after abdication
In 1922, he welcomed Euphemism as Empress and held a grand wedding ceremony in the Forbidden City.
Puyi was the first Chinese emperor known to have invited foreigners, including the British and Japanese, to his wedding.
Among Puyi’s other accomplishments, he cut costs in the Forbidden City by firing eunuchs, organizing the art collection, and expelling female officials. For this, he was praised by the people.
They also provide a lot of anonymous assistance to the people suffering from floods and famine.
When the Great Kanto Earthquake struck in 1923, they immediately sent donations and a vast amount of jewelry inside the Forbidden City.
This assistance to so many people has been appreciated.
The fighting in China continued to intensify, and Puyi and others were finally driven out of the Forbidden City.
The Puyi, who had no place to live, sought asylum in foreign countries, but were rejected by the British, Dutch, and other countries.
Japan was the only country among them that accepted asylum.
Puyi would thereby spend time in Tianjin, Japan, with his family.
second accession to the throne
In 1945, the Soviet Union unilaterally betrayed the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact.
On top of that, they declared war on Japan and invaded not only Japan but also Manchukuo.
Manchukuo was devastated, unable to fight back.
On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies, and on August 18 of the same year, the dissolution of Manchukuo was decided.
With the dissolution of Manchukuo, Puyi was forced to abdicate. Puyi was then taken to the Soviet Union and imprisoned in a concentration camp.
In 1950, he was transferred to the People’s Republic of China to undergo “re-education” along with other prisoners of war from the Japanese army.
After his release, he served as a gardener at the Beijing Botanical Garden, a member of the National Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the National Committee of the Political Consultative Conference.
In his final days, he died of kidney cancer on October 17, 1967.
When asked what he would like to eat last, he replied, “I would like to eat chicken ramen.”
The chicken ramen he had eaten in Japan must have left a strong impression on him.
Fukunaga Kosei’s upbringing
In this chapter, we will explain the background of Fuseyi ‘s younger brother’s daughter, Haseo Fukunaga.
She is one of those people who lived a spectacular life, tossed about by the times.
He currently lives as a civilian in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, while giving lectures.
Let’s take a closer look at her childhood, school days, and after her naturalization in Japan.
(early) childhood
Hideo Fukunaga was born in Tokyo in 1940, the second daughter of his father, Puyuharu Aixinjuela, and his mother, Hiroshi Saga.
With the end of the war in 1954, Manchukuo was dismantled, and my father went into exile in Japan, while my mother and my son were forced to wander in exile in the extreme cold of mainland China.
For a period of one year and five months, he wandered around the Chinese mainland, where the temperatures dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius in winter.
He wandered about 6,000 kilometers as a prisoner of war with his mother and the Aixinjuela clan.
While in captivity like this, only the young Yongsheng is allowed to go out and tell his family and mother what is going on around the building.
He also works with an opium addict, Euphemia, and sees his mother taking care of Euphemia.
China was in the midst of brutal fighting, and the right hand of Puyi’s nanny was even blown off in front of him.
These horrific memories of her captivity would remain in her mind for the rest of her life.
student days
Mr. Nie returned to Japan and enrolled in the elementary school of Gakushuin University.
She then went on to elementary, middle, and high school, and graduated from Gakushuin Women’s Junior College with a degree in family life.
After naturalization in Japan
His parents returned to China, but Yosei became a naturalized Japanese citizen, perhaps out of fearful memories.
After graduating from college, he continued to marry a Japanese man and took the name Fukunaga.
She and her husband have since had five children and lead an ordinary life.
He currently resides in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and his activities include giving lectures on his own war experiences and testimonies from the time when his parents and uncle Puyi lived.
Working as a bridge between China and Japan
The three people introduced so far, Aixinjueluo Puyi,Fukunaga Kosei, andAixinjueluo Wei, were found to have deep connections with both Japan and China.
Puyi was tossed about by the currents of history and led a checkered life, including two accessions to the throne and a life in prison.
Such was his life, but he was able to live it because he was saved by the people and food that sustained him.
Mr. Kosei is no less than Puyi in having led a spectacular life.
In the midst of fierce fighting, she and her mother and relatives struggled to survive.
And Aixinjuela Wei is a Japanese ophthalmologist of Chinese origin.
These three individuals are deeply symbolic of the historical trends in China and Japan.
Qing family lineage
In this chapter, you will learn about the family trees of the Qing emperors.
The Qing Dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty in unifying China and becoming a Manchu nation.
The Qing ruled all of China from 1636 until 1812, when it was destroyed by Sun Yat-sen’s Xinhai Revolution.
The first emperor was known as the Emperor of Heavenly Life, and was the post-jin emperor, the predecessor of the Qing dynasty.
The second emperor was the Chongde Emperor, the eighth son of the Tianmei Emperor, who changed the name of the posthumous gold to Qing.
The third emperor was the Shunji Emperor, and the fourth was the Kangxi Emperor, famous for his extreme frugality.
The fifth emperor was the Yongzheng Emperor, the sixth was the Qianlong Emperor, the seventh was the Jiaqing Emperor, and the eighth was the Dao Guang Emperor.
The ninth emperor was the Hamhung Emperor, who ordered his younger brother, Prince Gong, to sign the Treaty of Beijing.
The 10th Emperor was the Tongji Emperor and the 11th Emperor was the Guangxu Emperor. The 12th and last emperor was Puyi, the Xuan Tong Emperor.
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China has had a very long history of about 5,000 years, from the Stone Age to the present, with many different events.
As a result, events related to Chinese history are often the subject of novels and movies.
Examples include “The Three Kingdoms,” “The Kingdom,” and “The Last Emperor.” These are all drawn from Chinese history.
You can easily find out more about the historical background of the time through other movies, cartoons, anime, YouTube, etc.
Also, check out the article written on this site about the imperial period in China.