 He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1884, colonel in 1887 and to major general in 1889.He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1886.Major General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru served as a field commander in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), commanding the IJA 4th Division, and landing with his forces in the Liaodong Peninsula, China in 1894.