Empress Shōken
Empress Dowager Shōken 昭憲皇太后 | |
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Numazu, Japan | |
Burial | Fushimi Momoyama no Higashi no Misasagi, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto , Japan |
Spouse | |
House | Imperial House of Japan (by marriage) |
Father | Tadayoshi Ichijō |
Mother | Tamiko Niihata |
Masako Ichijō (一条勝子, Ichijō Masako, 9 May 1849 – 9 April 1914), who adopted the imperial given name Haruko (美子) in 1867 and was posthumously honoured as Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后[1], Shōken-kōtaigō), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. She was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross Society, whose charity work was known throughout the First Sino-Japanese War.
Early life
Masako Ichijō was born on 9 May 1849, in
The major obstacle to Masako's eligibility to become empress consort was the fact that she was 3 years older than Emperor Meiji, but this issue was resolved by changing her official birth date from 1849 to 1850.[2] They became engaged on 2 September 1867, when she adopted the given name Haruko, which was intended to reflect her serene beauty and diminutive size. The
Empress of Japan
Haruko and Emperor Meiji's wedding was finally officially celebrated on 11 January 1869.
Influence
On 30 July 1886, Empress Haruko attended the Peeresses School's graduation ceremony in Western clothing. On 10 August, the imperial couple received foreign guests in Western clothing for the first time when hosting a Western Music concert.[5]
From this point onward, the Empress' entourage wore only Western-style clothes in public, to the point that in January 1887 Empress Haruko issued a memorandum on the subject: traditional Japanese dress was not only unsuited to modern life, but Western-style dress was closer than the kimono to clothes worn by Japanese women in ancient times.[6]
In the diplomatic field, Empress Haruko hosted the wife of former
On 26 November 1886, Empress Haruko accompanied her husband to
Known throughout her tenure for her support of charity work and women's education during the
Death
After Emperor Meiji's death in 1912, Empress Haruko was granted the title
Honours
National
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown, 1 November 1888
Foreign
She received the following orders and decorations:[13]
- Russian Empire: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Catherine, 13 December 1887
- Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 29 November 1889
- Siam: Dame of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 12 October 1899[14]
- German Empire: Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Class, 19 May 1903
- Kingdom of Bavaria: Dame of Honour of the Order of Theresa, 29 February 1904
- Korean Empire: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Auspicious Phoenix, 27 July 1908
Ancestry
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b 大正3年宮内省告示第9号 (Imperial Household Ministry's 9th announcement in 1914)
- ^ a b c d Keene, Donald. (2005). Emperor of Japan:Meiji and His World, pp. 106–108.
- ^ Keene, p. 188.
- ^ Keene, p. 202.
- ^ Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852–1912, 2010
- ^ Keene, p. 404.
- ^ Keene, pp. 350–351.
- ^ Keene, p. 411.
- ^ Keene, p. 416.
- ^ Keene, p. 433.
- ^ Keene, p. 502.
- ISBN 9789004290594.
- ^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 141.
- Royal Thai Government Gazette (11 February 1900). "บอกอรรคราชทูตสยาม เรื่องเฝ้าถวายเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์เอมเปรสกรุงญี่ปุ่นถวายเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ บรมมหาจักรีวงษ์ฝ่ายใน ซึ่งสมเด็จพระบรมราชินีนารถมีพระราชเสาวณีย์โปรดเกล้า ฯ ให้เชิญมาถวายเอมเปรสญี่ปุ่น" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-08.)
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References
- Fujitani, Takashi. (1998). Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan.. Berkeley: OCLC 246558189– Reprint edition, 1998.
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- Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. (1996). Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility. Berkeley: University of California Press. OCLC 246558189