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{{Short description|Empress of Japan from 1912 to 1926}}
{{Short description|Empress of Japan from 1912 to 1926}}
{{Eastern name order|Kujō Sadako}}
{{more footnotes|date = September 2013}}
{{more footnotes|date = September 2013}}
{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
| consort = yes
| consort = yes
| name = Empress Teimei
| name = Empress Teimei<br>{{nobold|{{lang|ja|貞明皇后}}}}
| image = Empress_Sadako-big-1912.jpg
| image = Empress_Sadako-big-1912.jpg
| caption = Formal portrait, 1912
| caption = Formal portrait, 1912
| succession = [[Empress consort of Japan]]
| succession = [[Empress consort of Japan]]
| reign = 30 July 1912 –<br /> 25 December 1926
| reign = 30 July 1912 –<br /> 25 December 1926
| coronation = 10 November 1915
| coronation = 10 November 1915
| cor-type = Japan
| cor-type = Japan
| succession1 = [[Empress dowager of Japan]]
| succession1 = [[Empress dowager of Japan]]
| reign1 = 25 December 1926 –<br /> 17 May 1951
| reign1 = 25 December 1926 –<br /> 17 May 1951
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Emperor Taishō|Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō]]|10 May 1900|25 December 1926|reason=died}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Emperor Taishō|Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō]]|10 May 1900|25 December 1926|reason=died}}
| issue = {{plain list|
| issue = {{plain list|
* [[Hirohito|Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa]]
* [[Hirohito|Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa]]
* [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]]
* [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]]
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* [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]]
* [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]]
}}
}}
| birth_name = {{nihongo|Sadako Kujō|九条節子}}
| birth_name = {{nihongo|Sadako Kujō|九条節子}}
| posthumous name = {{awrap|Empress Teimei ({{lang|ja|貞明皇后}})}}
| house = [[Imperial House of Japan]] (1900–1951)<br>[[Fujiwara clan]] (1884–1900)
| house = [[Fujiwara clan]] (by birth) <br>[[Imperial House of Japan]] (by marriage)
| father = [[Kujō Michitaka|Michitaka Kujō]]
| father = [[Kujō Michitaka]]
| mother = Ikuko Noma <small>(concubine)</small>
| mother = Ikuko Noma (concubine)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|6|25|df=y}}
| religion = [[Shinto]] and [[Nichiren Shōshū]]
| birth_place = [[Nishikichō]], [[Tokyo Prefecture]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|5|17|1884|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|6|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ōmiya Palace]], [[Minato, Tokyo]], Japan
| birth_place = [[Nishikichō]], [[Tokyo Prefecture]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|5|17|1884|6|25|df=y}}
| burial_date = 22 June 1951
| death_place = [[Ōmiya Palace]], [[Minato, Tokyo]], Japan
| burial_place = [[Musashi Imperial Graveyard]]
| burial_date = 22 June 1951
|}}
| burial_place = [[Musashi Imperial Graveyard]]|
{{nihongo|'''Empress Teimei'''|貞明皇后|''Teimei-kōgō''}}, born {{nihongo|'''Sadako Kujō'''|{{linktext|九条|節子}}|Kujō Sadako|extra= 25 June 1884 – 17 May 1951}}, was the wife of [[Emperor Taishō]] and the mother of [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] of Japan. Her posthumous name, ''Teimei'', means "enlightened constancy".
}}
{{nihongo|'''Sadako Kujō'''|九条節子|Kujō Sadako|extra=25 June 1884 – 17 May 1951}}, posthumously honoured as {{nihongo|'''Empress Teimei'''|貞明皇后|''Teimei-kōgō''}}, was the wife of [[Emperor Taishō]] and the mother of [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]]. Her posthumous name, ''Teimei'', means "enlightened constancy". She was also the paternal grandmother of [[Emperor Emeritus Akihito]], and the paternal great-grandmother of [[Emperor Naruhito]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Sadako Kujō was born on 25 June 1884 in [[Tokyo]], as the fourth daughter of Duke [[Michitaka Kujō]], head of [[Kujō family|Kujō branch]] of the [[Fujiwara family|Fujiwara clan]]. Her mother was [[Ikuko Noma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/target.php?id=4861|title=Detail &#124; Old Japanese Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period}}</ref>
Sadako Kujō was born on 25 June 1884 in [[Tokyo]], as the fourth daughter of Duke [[Michitaka Kujō]], head of [[Kujō family|Kujō branch]] of the [[Fujiwara family|Fujiwara clan]]. Her mother was Ikuko Noma ([[Concubinage]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/target.php?id=4861|title=Detail &#124; Old Japanese Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period}}</ref>


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, Prince [[Hirohito]] (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 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|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 empress consort (''kōgō'') when her husband ascended to the throne on 30 July 1912. Given her husband's weak physical and mental condition, she exerted a strong influence on imperial life, and was an active patron of [[Japanese Red Cross]] Society. The relations between the Emperor and Empress were very good, as evidenced by Emperor Taishō's lack of interest in taking [[concubine]]s, thus breaking with hundreds of years of imperial tradition, and by her giving birth to four sons.
She became {{nihongo|[[Empress of Japan#Empress consort|empress consort]]|皇后|Kōgō}} when her husband ascended to the throne on 30 July 1912 following the death of her father-in-law, [[Emperor Meiji]]. Given her husband's weak physical and mental condition, she exerted a strong influence on imperial life, and was an active patron of [[Japanese Red Cross Society]]. The relations between the Emperor and Empress of [[Taishō era|Taishō period]] were very good, as evidenced by Emperor Taishō's lack of interest in taking [[concubine]]s, thus breaking with hundreds of years of imperial tradition, and by her giving birth to four sons.


After the death of Emperor Taishō on 25 December 1926, her title became that of {{nihongo|[[Dowager Empress]]| 皇太后|Kōtaigō}} (which means "widow of the former emperor"). She openly objected to Japan's involvement in [[World War II]], which might have caused conflict with her son, Hirohito. From 1943, she also worked behind the scenes with her third son [[Prince Takamatsu]] to bring about the downfall of [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Hideki Tōjō]].
After the death of Emperor Taishō on 25 December 1926, her title became that of {{nihongo|[[Dowager Empress]]|皇太后|Kōtaigō}} (which means "widow of the former emperor"). She openly objected to Japan's involvement in [[World War II]], which might have caused conflict with her eldest son, [[Emperor Hirohito]]. From 1943, she also worked behind the scenes with her third son [[Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu]] to bring about the downfall of [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Hideki Tōjō]].


She was a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] adherent who had the faith of the [[Lotus Sutra]] and prayed with the [[Shinto]] ritual ceremonies of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
She was a [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] adherent who had faith in [[Nichiren Shoshu]] and prayed with the [[Shinto]] ritual ceremonies of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.


She died on 17 May 1951 at [[Omiya Palace]] in Tokyo, aged 66, and was buried near her husband, Emperor Taishō, in the ''Tama no higashi no misasagi'' (多摩東陵) at the [[Musashi Imperial Graveyard]] in Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://madmonarchist.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/consort-profile-empress-teimei-of-japan.html|title = The Mad Monarchist: Consort Profile: Empress Teimei of Japan|date = November 2010}}</ref>
She died on 17 May 1951 at [[Omiya Palace]] in Tokyo, aged 66, and was buried near her husband, Emperor Taishō, in the ''Tama no higashi no misasagi'' (多摩東陵) at the [[Musashi Imperial Graveyard]] in Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://madmonarchist.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/consort-profile-empress-teimei-of-japan.html|title = The Mad Monarchist: Consort Profile: Empress Teimei of Japan|date = November 2010}}</ref>
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==Issue==
==Issue==
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|-
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! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Name
! Name !! Birth !! Death !! colspan="2"| Marriage !! Issue
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Birth
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Death
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Marriage
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Their children
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! scope="col" | Date
| [[Hirohito|Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa]]<br>(Hirohito, Prince Michi) || 29 April 1901 || 7 January 1989 || 26 January 1924 || [[Empress Kōjun|Princess Nagako of Kuni]] || [[Shigeko Higashikuni|Shigeko, Princess Teru]]<br />[[Sachiko, Princess Hisa]]<br />[[Kazuko Takatsukasa|Kazuko, Princess Taka]]<br />[[Atsuko Ikeda|Atsuko, Princess Yori]]<br />[[Akihito|Akihito, Emperor Emeritus]]<br />[[Masahito, Prince Hitachi]]<br />[[Takako Shimazu|Takako, Princess Suga]]
! scope="col" | Spouse
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hirohito|Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa]]<br>(Hirohito, Prince Michi)
| [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]]<br>(Yasuhito, Prince Atsu) || 25 June 1902 || 4 January 1953 || 28 September 1928 || [[Setsuko, Princess Chichibu|Setsuko Matsudaira]] || {{n/a|none}}
|29 April 1901
|7 January 1989
|26 January 1924
|[[Empress Kōjun|Princess Nagako of Kuni]]
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* [[Sachiko, Princess Hisa]]
* [[Kazuko Takatsukasa]] (Kazuko, Princess Taka)
* [[Atsuko Ikeda]] (Atsuko, Princess Yori)
* [[Akihito|Emperor Emeritus Akihito]] (Akihito, Prince Tsugu)
* [[Masahito, Prince Hitachi]] (Masahito, Prince Yoshi)
* [[Takako Shimazu]] (Takako, Princess Suga)
}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]]<br>(Yasuhito, Prince Atsu)
| [[Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu]]<br>(Nobuhito, Prince Teru) || 3 January 1905 || 3 February 1987 || 4 February 1930 || [[Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu|Kikuko Tokugawa]] || {{n/a|none}}
|25 June 1902
|4 January 1953
|28 September 1928
|[[Setsuko, Princess Chichibu|Setsuko Matsudaira]]
|{{n/a|none}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu]]<br>(Nobuhito, Prince Teru)
| [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]]<br>(Takahito, Prince Sumi) || 2 December 1915 || 27 October 2016 || 22 October 1941 || [[Yuriko, Princess Mikasa|Yuriko Takagi]] || [[Yasuko Konoe|Princess Yasuko of Mikasa]]<br />[[Prince Tomohito of Mikasa]]<br />[[Yoshihito, Prince Katsura]]<br />[[Masako Sen|Princess Masako of Mikasa]]<br />[[Norihito, Prince Takamado]]
|3 January 1905
|3 February 1987
|4 February 1930
|[[Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu|Kikuko Tokugawa]]
|{{n/a|none}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]]<br>(Takahito, Prince Sumi)
|2 December 1915
|27 October 2016
|22 October 1941
|[[Yuriko, Princess Mikasa|Yuriko Takagi]]
|{{plainlist|
* [[Yasuko Konoe]] (Princess Yasuko of Mikasa)
* [[Prince Tomohito of Mikasa]]
* [[Yoshihito, Prince Katsura]]
* [[Masako Sen]] (Princess Masako of Mikasa)
* [[Norihito, Prince Takamado]]
}}
|}
|}


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Image:Sadako Kujo wedding.jpg|Crown Princess Sadako on her wedding day in 1900
Image:Sadako Kujo wedding.jpg|Crown Princess Sadako on her wedding day in 1900
Image:Wisteria floribunda5.jpg|Japanese wisteria, ''[[Wisteria floribunda]]'', designated imperial personal emblem of Sadako
Image:Wisteria floribunda5.jpg|Japanese wisteria, ''[[Wisteria floribunda]]'', designated imperial personal emblem of Sadako
Image:Empress Teimei at enthronement in 1912.jpg|The newly crowned Empress Sadako in ''[[jūnihitoe]]'', 1912
Image:Empress Teimei at enthronement in 1912.jpg|The newly enthroned Empress Sadako in ''[[jūnihitoe]]'', 1912
Image:Empress Sadako with Prince of Wales in 1922.jpg|Empress Sadako with Prince Hirohito and [[Edward VIII|Edward, Prince of Wales]] in 1922
Image:Empress Sadako with Prince of Wales in 1922.jpg|Empress Sadako participating [[cherry blossom]] viewing party with her eldest son, Crown Prince Hirohito and [[Edward VIII|Edward, Prince of Wales]] at [[Shinjuku Gyo-en]] in 1922
File:HIM Empress Tenmei's personal visit.jpg|Empress Sadako visiting survivors after the [[Great Kanto earthquake]] in 1923
File:HIM Empress Tenmei's personal visit.jpg|Empress Sadako visiting survivors after the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake]]
File:Empress Teimei and Crown Prince Akihito.JPG|Empress Dowager Sadako with her grandson, Prince [[Akihito]] in 1949
File:Empress Teimei and Crown Prince Akihito.JPG|Empress Dowager Sadako with her grandson, Crown Prince [[Akihito]] in 1949
File:Takatsukasa Wedding 1950 5 20.jpg|From left to right: [[Kazuko Takatsukasa|Princess Kazuko]], [[Toshimichi Takatsukasa]], [[Hirohito|Emperor Hirohito]], [[Empress Kōjun|Empress Nagako]], Empress Dowager Sadako in May 1950
File:Takatsukasa Wedding 1950 5 20.jpg|From left to right: [[Kazuko Takatsukasa|Kazuko, Princess Taka]] (granddaughter), [[Toshimichi Takatsukasa]] (grandson-in-law), [[Hirohito|Emperor Hirohito]] (eldest son), [[Empress Kōjun|Empress Nagako]] (daughter-in-law) and Empress Dowager Sadako in May 1950
File:Funeral_of_Empress_Teimei.JPG|Funeral of Empress Teimei, 22 June 1951
File:Funeral_of_Empress_Teimei.JPG|State funeral of Empress Teimei, 22 June 1951
File:Tama-higashi-no-misasagi.jpg|Empress Teimei's mausoleum in the [[Musashi Imperial Graveyard]]
File:Tama-higashi-no-misasagi.jpg|Empress Teimei's mausoleum in the [[Musashi Imperial Graveyard]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Japanese empresses]]
* [[Empress of Japan]]
* [[Ōmiya Palace]]
* [[Ōmiya Palace]]


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Latest revision as of 03:38, 27 December 2024

The native form of this personal name is Kujō Sadako. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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
Musashi Imperial Graveyard
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1900; died 1926)​
Issue
Posthumous name
Empress Teimei (貞明皇后)
HouseFujiwara clan (by birth)
Imperial House of Japan (by marriage)
FatherKujō Michitaka
MotherIkuko Noma (concubine)
ReligionShinto and Nichiren Shōshū

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. Her posthumous name, Teimei, means "enlightened constancy". She was also the paternal grandmother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and the paternal great-grandmother of Emperor Naruhito.

Biography

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Sadako Kujō was born on 25 June 1884 in Tokyo, as the fourth daughter of Duke Michitaka Kujō, head of Kujō branch of the Fujiwara clan. Her mother was Ikuko Noma (Concubinage).[1]

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 empress consort (皇后, Kōgō) when her husband ascended to the throne on 30 July 1912 following the death of her father-in-law, Emperor Meiji. Given her husband's weak physical and mental condition, she exerted a strong influence on imperial life, and was an active patron of Japanese Red Cross Society. The relations between the Emperor and Empress of Taishō period were very good, as evidenced by Emperor Taishō's lack of interest in taking concubines, thus breaking with hundreds of years of imperial tradition, and by her giving birth to four sons.

After the death of Emperor Taishō on 25 December 1926, her title became that of Dowager Empress (皇太后, Kōtaigō) (which means "widow of the former emperor"). She openly objected to Japan's involvement in World War II, which might have caused conflict with her eldest son, Emperor Hirohito. From 1943, she also worked behind the scenes with her third son Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu to bring about the downfall of Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō.

She was a Buddhist adherent who had faith in Nichiren Shoshu and prayed with the Shinto ritual ceremonies of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.

She died on 17 May 1951 at Omiya Palace in Tokyo, aged 66, and was buried near her husband, Emperor Taishō, in the Tama no higashi no misasagi (多摩東陵) at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Tokyo.[2]

Honours

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National

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Foreign

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Issue

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Name Birth Death Marriage Their children
Date Spouse
Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa
(Hirohito, Prince Michi) 		29 April 1901 7 January 1989 26 January 1924 Princess Nagako of Kuni
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

Ancestry

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Detail | Old Japanese Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period".
  2. ^ "The Mad Monarchist: Consort Profile: Empress Teimei of Japan". November 2010.
  3. ^ "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 September 2017.

References

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Empress Teimei
Born: 25 June 1884 Died: 17 May 1951
Japanese royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Japan
1912–1926 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Empress dowager of Japan
1926–1951 		Succeeded by
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