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Empress Teimei 貞明皇后 | |
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Empress consort of Japan | |
Tenure | 30 July 1912 – 25 December 1926 |
Enthronement | 10 November 1915 |
Empress dowager of Japan | |
Tenure | 25 December 1926 – 17 May 1951 |
Born | Sadako Kujō (九条節子) 25 June 1884 Nishikichō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
Died | 17 May 1951 Ōmiya Palace, Minato, Tokyo, Japan | (aged 66)
Burial | 22 June 1951 |
Spouse | |
Issue | |
House | Fujiwara clan (by birth) Imperial House of Japan (by marriage) |
Father | Michitaka Kujō |
Mother | Ikuko Noma (concubine) |
Religion | Shinto 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".