 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.He subsequently participated in the 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan.He represented Emperor Meiji at the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on May 26, 1896.