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    The empress of Japan is the title given to the wife of the Emperor of Japan or a female ruler in her own right. The current empress consort is Empress Masako...
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    October 1934) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. She was Empress of Japan as the wife of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan reigning from 7 January...
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    Empress Genmei (元明天皇, Genmei-tennō, April 20, 660 – December 29, 721), also known as Empress Genmyō, was the 43rd monarch of Japan, according to the traditional...
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    posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun, was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito...
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    Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇, Kōgyoku-tennō, 594–661), also known as Empress Saimei (斉明天皇, Saimei-tennō), was the 35th and 37th monarch of Japan, according to...
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    46th (with the name Empress Kōken) and the 48th monarch of Japan (with the name Empress Shōtoku), according to the traditional order of succession. Both...
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    Empress Jingū (神功皇后, Jingū-kōgō) was a legendary Japanese empress of unverifiable, presumably Yamato, ethnicitywho ruled as a regent following her husband's...
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    Empress Suiko (推古天皇, Suiko-tennō) (554 – 15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan, and the country's first and longest-reigning empress regnant, according...
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    Okiko (Japanese: 興子), posthumously honored as Empress Meishō (明正天皇, Meishō-tennō, January 9, 1624 – December 4, 1696), was the 109th monarch of Japan, according...
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    born Masako Owada (小和田雅子, Owada Masako); 9 December 1963) is Empress of Japan as the wife of Emperor Naruhito. Born in Tokyo, Masako was educated at Belmont...
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    Toshiko (Japanese: 智子, 23 September 1740 – 24 December 1813), posthumously honored as Empress Go-Sakuramachi (後桜町天皇, Go-Sakuramachi-tennō) was the 117th...
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    honoured as Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken-kōtaigō), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. She was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross...
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  • recognized as Japanese emperors posthumously. Emperor of Japan Empress of Japan List of empresses consort of Japan Sesshō and Kampaku Shogun List of shoguns...
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    posthumously honoured as Empress Teimei (貞明皇后, Teimei-kōgō), was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa of Japan. Her posthumous name...
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    Empress Jitō (持統天皇, Jitō-tennō, 645 – 13 January 703) was the 41st monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Jitō's reign spanned...
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    Empress Genshō (元正天皇, Genshō-tennō, 680 – May 22, 748) was the 44th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Her reign spanned...
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    RMS Empress of Japan was an ocean liner built in 1929–1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian...
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  • RMS Empress of Japan may refer to the following ships: RMS Empress of Japan (1890), operated by Canadian Pacific Steamships 1891–1922. RMS Empress of Japan (1929)...
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    Emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan. The emperor is defined by the Constitution of Japan as the symbol of the Japanese state...
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  • The capital of Japan is Tokyo. Throughout history, the national capital has been in locations other than Tokyo. The oldest capital of Japan is Nara. Traditionally...
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    RMS Empress of Japan, also known as the "Queen of the Pacific", was an ocean liner built in 1890–1891 by Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness...
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    also known as Jōtōmon-in (上東門院), the eldest daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga, was Empress of Japan from c. 1000 to c. 1011. Her father sent her to live...
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  • Miramar, Empress of China, ID#1098953. Miramar, Empress of India, ID#1098887. Miramar, Empress of Japan, ID#1098911. Miramar, Empress of Britain, ID#1120940...
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    foreign affairs and former permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations. She became empress consort upon her husband's succession to the throne...
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  • Empress dowager (also dowager empress or empress mother) (Chinese and Japanese: 皇太后; pinyin: huángtàihòu; rōmaji: Kōtaigō; Korean: 황태후 (皇太后); romaja: Hwang...
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    Empress Dowager Cixi (Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì]; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively...
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    Naruhito (redirect from Naruhito of Japan)
    monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession. Naruhito is the elder son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. He was...
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    October 1975). "At Arlington Cemetery, a Wreath From 'the Emperor and Empress of Japan'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 November 2022....
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    Herbert P. Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, HarperCollins, 2001, p. 661 "Japan's Dowager Empress Dead at 97". CBS News. 16 June 2000. Archived...
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  • Empress Teimei can refer to: Fujiwara no Teishi (藤原 定子, 977–1001), also known as Sadako, empress consort of the Japanese Emperor Ichijō Princess Sadako...
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