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Empress visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Empress Michiko visits Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 2, 2014. Emperor Akihito and the empress visited the shrine ahead of the 100th anniversary of the death of Empress Dowager Shoken, wife of Emperor Meiji.

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Emperor visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito visits Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 2, 2014. The visit was made ahead of the 100th anniversary of the death of Empress Dowager Shoken, wife of Emperor Meiji.

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Empress visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Empress Michiko visits Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 2, 2014. Emperor Akihito and the empress visited the shrine ahead of the 100th anniversary of the death of Empress Dowager Shoken, wife of Emperor Meiji.

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Emperor visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito visits Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 2, 2014. The visit was made ahead of the 100th anniversary of the death of Empress Dowager Shoken, wife of Emperor Meiji.

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Emperor visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito visits Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 2, 2014. The visit was made ahead of the 100th anniversary of the death of Empress Dowager Shoken, wife of Emperor Meiji.

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Empress visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko, together with Emperor Akihito, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920.

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Emperor visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920.

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Crown prince visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920.

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Japan - Empress Shoken

Empress Shoken (18491914) - empress consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan, later Empress Dowager Shoken. Date: circa 1908

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Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)

Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)

Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)

The Empress Shoken dressed in formal attire with her hair done in osuberakashi style, with a crown, and with an opened fan.==Date:1872, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐2‐0]

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Emperor visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920. (Kyodo)

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Empress visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko, together with Emperor Akihito, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920. (Kyodo)

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Crown prince visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920. (Kyodo)

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Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)

Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)==Date:1872, Place:unknown, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)

Portrait of Empress Meiji (Empress Dowager Shoken)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese Empress Masako

Empress Masako arrives at the Imperial Palace by car for an imperial ritual to feed silkworms on May 11, 2020. Growing silkworms at the Imperial Palace is a traditional practice carried out by empresses since Empress Dowager Shoken resumed the practice in 1871. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Empress Masako

Empress Masako arrives at the Imperial Palace by car for an imperial ritual to feed silkworms on May 11, 2020. Growing silkworms at the Imperial Palace is a traditional practice carried out by empresses since Empress Dowager Shoken resumed the practice in 1871. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo