Empress Teimei

Empress Teimei
貞明皇后
Formal portrait, 1912
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure30 July 1912 –
25 December 1926
Enthronement10 November 1915
Empress dowager of Japan
Tenure25 December 1926 –
17 May 1951
BornSadako Kujō (九条節子)
(1884-06-25)25 June 1884
Nishikichō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died17 May 1951(1951-05-17) (aged 66)
Ōmiya Palace, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Burial22 June 1951
Spouse
(m. 1900; died 1926)
Issue
HouseFujiwara clan (by birth)
Imperial House of Japan (by marriage)
FatherMichitaka Kujō
MotherIkuko Noma (concubine)
ReligionShinto and Nichiren Shoshu

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".