Empress Kōjun
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Empress Kōjun | |
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Empress consort of Japan | |
25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989 | |
Enthronement | 10 November 1928 |
Born | Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). 6 March 1903 Tokyo City, Japan |
Died | 16 June 2000 Fukiage Ōmiya Palace, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | (aged 97)
Burial | 25 July 2000 |
Spouse | |
Issue | |
House | Imperial House of Japan (by birth, remaining in marriage) |
Father | Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi |
Mother | Chikako Shimazu |
Her posthumous name is Kōjun (香淳),[1] which means "fragrant purity".
Empress Kōjun was empress consort (皇后 kōgō) from 25 December 1926 to 7 January 1989, making her the longest-serving empress consort in Japanese history.[2]
Empress Kōjun Media
Empress Nagako with her first son, Prince Akihito, in 1934
Empress Nagako, Emperor Hirohito, the U.S. President Gerald Ford, and the U.S. First Lady Betty Ford at the Red Room in 1975
Empress Kōjun's mausoleum in the Musashi Imperial Graveyard
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun – The Imperial Household Agency". Kunaicho.go.jp. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Downer, Lesely. Obituary: "Nagako, Dowager Empress of Japan," The Guardian (London). 17 June 2000.