KONOE FUMIMARO, KOSHAKU

born Oct. 12, 1891, Tokyo died Dec. 16, 1945, Tokyo (duke, or prince), Konoe also spelled Konoye political leader and prime minister of Japan (193739, 194041), who tried unsuccessfully to restrict the power of the military and to keep Japan's war with China from widening into a world conflict. Additional reading Teiji Yabe, Konoe Fumimaro, 2 vol. (1958), is an excellent and detailed biography (in Japanese). Yoshitake Oka, Konoe Fumimaro: Unmei no Seijika (1972), provides a unique account of Konoe's personality and character in the historical context of his age.