Yoshiko Kawashima
Japanese spy in China (1907-1948) · China · On the map · Died at 40
Yoshiko Kawashima , born Xianyu, was a Qing dynasty royal, part of the Aisin-Gioro clan. Kawashima was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and is sometimes known in fiction under the pseudonym "Eastern Mata Hari".
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After the war, Kawashima was captured, sentenced, and executed as a traitor by the Nationalist government of the Republic of China. Kawashima is also a notable descendant of Hooge, eldest son of Hong Taiji.