Empress Kōjun

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empress consort human member of the Japanese imperial family

Empress Kōjun was the longtime consort of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, serving as Japan’s empress during much of the Shōwa era.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Empress Dowager Kōjun 1
Empress Kojun 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf empress consort ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the Japanese imperial family ⓘ
ageAtDeath 97 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Empress Kōjun ⓘ
surface form: Empress Dowager Kōjun

Kōjun Kōgō ⓘ
birthName Princess Nagako of Kuni ⓘ
burialPlace Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo ⓘ
Tama no Higashi no Misasagi ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-03-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-06-16 ⓘ
eraName Showa era ⓘ
surface form: Shōwa
familyName Kuni ⓘ
father Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi ⓘ
givenName Nagako Kuni ⓘ
surface form: Nagako
honorificTitle Empress Kōjun self-link ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
memberOfHouse House of Kuni ⓘ
Imperial House of Japan ⓘ
mother Chikako Shimazu ⓘ
motherOf Akihito ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Akihito

Prince Masahito, Prince Hitachi ⓘ
Prince Mikasa ⓘ
surface form: Prince Takahito, Prince Mikasa

Princess Atsuko ⓘ
surface form: Princess Atsuko, Princess Yori

Princess Kazuko ⓘ
surface form: Princess Kazuko, Princess Taka

Princess Sachiko ⓘ
Princess Shigeko ⓘ
surface form: Princess Shigeko, Princess Teru
nativeLanguage Japanese ⓘ
notableEvent became Empress Dowager upon Emperor Shōwa’s death in 1989 ⓘ
served as empress consort throughout most of the Shōwa era ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aoyama Palace, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
surface form: Kuni-no-miya residence, Tokyo

Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
placeOfDeath Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ
surface form: Fukiage Palace, Tokyo, Japan
positionHeld Empress Dowager of Japan ⓘ
Empress consort of Japan ⓘ
Empress of Japan ⓘ
posthumousName Kuni ⓘ
surface form: Kōjun
predecessorAsEmpressConsort Empress Teimei ⓘ
reignAsEmpressConsortEnd 1989-01-07 ⓘ
reignAsEmpressConsortStart 1926-12-25 ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
residence Akasaka Palace ⓘ
Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Emperor Hirohito ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Shōwa

Emperor Hirohito ⓘ
surface form: Hirohito
succeededByAsEmpressConsort Empress Michiko ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Empress Kōjun → alsoKnownAs → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empress Dowager Kōjun
subject surface form: Musashi Imperial Graveyard
this entity surface form: Empress Kojun
Empress Kōjun → honorificTitle → Empress Kōjun self-link ⓘ
Prince Masahito, Prince Hitachi → mother → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
Princess Atsuko → mother → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
Princess Kazuko → mother → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
Princess Shigeko → mother → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
Princess Takako → mother → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
Empress Michiko → predecessor → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko → sibling → Empress Kōjun ⓘ
Emperor Hirohito → spouse → Empress Kōjun ⓘ