(1)Empress Dowager Nagako dies at 97

(1)Empress Dowager Nagako dies at 97

TOKYO, Japan - This photo was taken in 1917 when Empress Dowager Nagako was at the tender age of 14, months before she was chosen as the future bride for then Crown Prince Hirohito, known posthumously as Emperor Showa.

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