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Japan - The Crown Princess (later Empress) Teimei

Japan - The Crown Princess (later Empress) Teimei (18841951), also known as Empress Dowager Teimei - empress consort of Emperor Taisho of Japan. The mother of Emperor Showa. Her posthumous name ("Teimei"), means "enlightened constancy". Date: circa 1908

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The Accession of Emperor Taisho 1910

Emperor Taisho reigned from 1912 to11926. His mother was Yanagihara Naruko, and his personal name was Yoshihito. He married Kujo Sadako. He ascended to the throne with the death of his father Emperor Meiji in 1912, and the new era of Taisho began. However, he was in poor health, and Prince Hirohito (Emperor Showa) was appointed Prince Regent.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐35‐0]

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The Accession of Empress Taisho

This is a photograph of Empress Teimei (Empress Taisho) taken at the time of coronation. She was the fourth daughter of government official Kujo Michitaka and Noma Ikuko Noma. Sadako by name, she completed middle school at the school for the imperial family and married Prince Yoshihito in 1900 and became Empress in 1912. She is the birth mother of Emperor Showa .==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐36‐0]