| Nakayama Yoshiko | |||||
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| Born | 16 January 1836 Heian-kyo, Empire of Japan (now Kyoto, Japan) | ||||
| Died | 5 October 1907 (aged 71) | ||||
| Burial | Toshimagaoka Imperial cemetery, Bunkyo, Tokyo | ||||
| Spouse | Emperor Kōmei | ||||
| Issue | Emperor Meiji[1] | ||||
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| House | Kōshitsu | ||||
| Father | Nakayama Tadayasu | ||||
| Mother | Matsura Aiko | ||||
Nakayama Yoshiko (中山慶子, 16 January 1836 – 5 October 1907) was a Japanese lady-in-waiting in the court of the Imperial House of Japan. She was a favourite concubine[2] of Emperor Kōmei[3] and the mother of Emperor Meiji.[4]
- ^ The Emperors of Modern Japan by Ben-Ami Shillony
- ^ Japan's imperial conspiracy, Volume 2 by David Bergamini
- ^ Births and rebirths in Japanese art: essays celebrating the inauguration of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
- ^ Keene 2002, p. 10.