Empress Teimei

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Japanese noblewoman empress consort member of the Japanese imperial family

Empress Teimei was the consort of Emperor Taishō of Japan and served as empress during the early 20th century, a period marked by Japan’s modernization and involvement in World War I.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese noblewoman → empress consort → member of the Japanese imperial family →
associatedWith	Imperial Household Ministry of Japan →
birthDate	1884-06-25 →
birthName	Sadako Kujō →
birthPlace	Tokyo, Japan →
burialPlace	Tama Cemetery (Tama no Higashi no Misasagi), Tokyo →
children	four sons →
clan	Fujiwara clan →
consortOf	Emperor Taishō →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	1951-05-17 →
deathPlace	Tokyo, Japan →
dynasty	Yamato dynasty →
era	Taishō period → early Shōwa period →
father	Duke Kujō Michitaka →
house	Imperial House of Japan →
language	Japanese →
marriageDate	1900-05-10 →
monarchDuringTenure	Emperor Taishō →
mother	Nijō Motoko →
motherOf	Emperor Shōwa → Hirohito → Prince Chichibu → Prince Mikasa → Prince Takamatsu →
name	Empress Teimei →
nobleFamily	Kujō family →
notableEvent	served as empress consort during World War I →
notableFor	role during Japan’s early 20th-century modernization →
positionHeld	Empress of Japan →
posthumousName	Teimei →
predecessorAsEmpressConsort	Empress Shōken →
reignAsEmpressConsort	1912–1926 →
religion	Shinto →
residence	Tokyo Imperial Palace →
role	empress consort during constitutional monarchy period of Japan →
spouse	Emperor Taishō →
spouseTitle	Emperor of Japan →
style	Her Majesty the Empress →
styleAfterHusbandDeath	Her Majesty the Empress Dowager →
successorAsEmpressConsort	Empress Kōjun →
title	Empress Dowager of Japan → Empress of Japan →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Musashi Imperial Graveyard → Musashi Imperial Mausolea Complex →	burialPlaceOf
Emperor Taishō → Yoshihito →	spouse
Empress Teimei →	name
Empress Kōjun →	predecessorAsEmpressConsort