Empress Teimei
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| Empress Teimei 貞明皇后 | |
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Tokyo Prefecture, Japan | |
| Died | 17 May 1951 (aged 66) Ōmiya Palace, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Burial | 22 June 1951 |
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| House | Imperial House of Japan (1900–1951) Fujiwara clan (1884–1900) |
| Father | Michitaka Kujō |
| Mother | Ikuko Noma (concubine) |
| Religion | Shinto and Buddhism (Lotus Sutra) |
Sadako Kujō (九条節子, Kujō Sadako, 25 June 1884 – 17 May 1951), posthumously honoured as Empress Teimei (貞明皇后, Teimei-kōgō), was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa of Japan. Her posthumous name, Teimei, means "enlightened constancy".
Biography
Sadako Kujō was born on 25 June 1884 in
She married then-Crown Prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) on 10 May 1900, at the age of 15. The couple lived in the newly constructed Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, outside of the main Tokyo Imperial Palace complex. When she gave birth to a son, Hirohito, Prince Michi (the future Emperor Shōwa) in 1901, she was the first official wife of a Crown Prince or Emperor to have given birth to the official heir to the throne since 1750.
She became
After the death of Emperor Taishō on 25 December 1926, her title became that of
She was a Buddhist adherent who had the faith of the Lotus Sutra and prayed with the Shinto ritual ceremonies of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
She died on 17 May 1951 at
Honours
National
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Meiji
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
Foreign
Spain: The 1,060th Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Marriage | Their children | |
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| Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito, Prince Michi) |
29 April 1901 | 7 January 1989 | 26 January 1924 | Princess Nagako of Kuni
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| Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (Yasuhito, Prince Atsu) |
25 June 1902 | 4 January 1953 | 28 September 1928 | Setsuko Matsudaira | none |
| Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (Nobuhito, Prince Teru) |
3 January 1905 | 3 February 1987 | 4 February 1930 | Kikuko Tokugawa | none |
| Takahito, Prince Mikasa (Takahito, Prince Sumi) |
2 December 1915 | 27 October 2016 | 22 October 1941 | Yuriko Takagi |
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Gallery
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Crown Princess Sadako on her wedding day in 1900 -
Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda, designated imperial personal emblem of Sadako -
The newly enthroned Empress Sadako in jūnihitoe, 1912 -
Empress Sadako participating cherry blossom viewing party with her eldest son, Crown Prince Hirohito and Edward, Prince of Wales at Shinjuku Gyo-en in 1922 -
Empress Sadako visiting survivors after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake -
Empress Dowager Sadako with her grandson, Crown Prince Akihito in 1949 -
From left to right:Empress Nagako(daughter-in-law) and Empress Dowager Sadako in May 1950 -
State funeral of Empress Teimei, 22 June 1951 -
Empress Teimei's mausoleum in the Musashi Imperial Graveyard
See also
Notes
- ^ "Detail | Old Japanese Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period".
- ^ "The Mad Monarchist: Consort Profile: Empress Teimei of Japan". November 2010.
- ^ "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
References
- OCLC 247018161
- Fujitani, Takashi. (1998). Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan.. Berkeley: ISBN 0-520-21371-8
- OCLC 23766658
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