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    name Haruko (美子) in 1867 and was posthumously honoured as Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken-kōtaigō), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. She was...
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    is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at...
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  • 1834–1898), widow of Emperor Kōmei Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken kōtaigō, 1849–1914), widow of Emperor Meiji Empress Dowager Teimei (貞明皇后, Teimei kōtaigō...
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    and dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken Yoyogi Park Yoyogi National Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tange to host...
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    (Yoyogi Imperial Garden) and was frequently visited by Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken. The garden contains a tea house, an arbour, a fishing stand and an...
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    harmful to women's health. Utako Shimoda had worked as lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōken from 1871 to 1879. She adapted the clothing worn by ladies-in-waiting...
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    Daughters: Hosokawa Gracia (明智玉子): Wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki; ancestor of Empress Shōken Relatives Akechi Mitsuharu (明智光春): Cousin Akechi Hidemitsu (明智秀満): Adopted...
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    Longitudinal Records" in 1912, which was insisted to the Meiji Emperor and Empress Shōken. He also wrote articles about Islam and translated some parts of the...
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    Kashihara Shrine. Emperor Meiji (明治天皇), and Empress Shōken (昭憲皇太后). Enshrined at Meiji Shrine. All Emperors and Empresses of Japan are technically worshipped...
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    some dolls from the Meiji Era that actually depict Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken). The two are usually placed in front of a gold folding screen byōbu...
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    Ieyasu were related by marriage to various families from Fujiwara clan. Empress Shōken, wife of Emperor Meiji, was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan. Until...
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  • Yoshikawa (吉川 春子, born 1940), Japanese politician the personal name of Empress Shōken Haruko Akagi, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk Haruko Haruhara...
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    anything new and foreign at this time.[citation needed] Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken later acquired a fondness for anpan after Kimura, via chamberlain Yamaoka...
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    concubine). As was common practice at the time, Emperor Meiji's consort, Empress Shōken, was officially regarded as his mother. He received the personal name...
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    Shrine, a Shintō shrine dedicated to the souls of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken, surrounded by a 70-hectare forest Catholic Shibuya Church, Hatsudai...
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  • General Nagaoka Gaishi Go Wakabayashi as Kamiizumi Tokuya Kayo Matsuo as Empress Shōken Hisaya Morishige as Marquess Itō Hirobumi, President of the Privy Council...
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    harmful to women's health. Shimoda had worked as a lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōken from 1871 to 1879. She adapted the clothing worn by ladies-in-waiting...
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    is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. Omotesandō is known as one of the foremost 'architectural showcase'...
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    obsolete, especially from 1873 among married and noblewomen, when the Empress Shōken decided to appear in public with white teeth. Until the last years of...
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  • Afghanistan (b. 1855) Sui Sin Far, English-born writer (b. 1865) April 9 – Empress Shōken, consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1849) April 11 – Elena Guerra...
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    harmful to women's health. Utako Shimoda had worked as lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōken from 1871 to 1879. She adapted the clothing worn by ladies-in-waiting...
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  • Yasuko, married into Takatsukasa and Konoe families, respectively. Empress Shōken was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan and through Hosokawa Gracia of...
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    is at Saikōan Temple in Shsouinjuku, Tokyo. Empress Shōken, primary consort of Emperor Meiji, later Empress Dowager Hamuro Mitsuko (葉室光子), first concubine...
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    example. However, despite his early adoption of Western styles, the Empress Shōken did not adopt Western clothing until much later, in 1886, creating a...
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    known is that Onshino Tabako had been in existence since the Meiji era. Empress Shōken, consort of Emperor Meiji, presented wounded soldiers at the 1877 Satsuma...
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    the incumbent Emperor and Empress (Emperor Meiji, Emperor Taishō, Emperor Shōwa, Empress Shōken, Empress Teimei and Empress Kōjun) together with a copy...
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    (including 1 with the Empress), 12 sitting (including 2 with the Empress), 5 riding, 1 in a carriage, 8 the Empress (standing), 1 the Empress (hidden)). While...
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    Imperial Cemetery at Gokoku-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Empress Shōken, primary consort of Emperor Meiji, later Empress Dowager Hamuro Mitsuko, first concubine Yanagihara...
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  • of Emperor Kōmei of Japan. Empress Shōken (9 May 1849 – 9 April 1914), wife and widow of Emperor Meiji of Japan. Empress Teimei (25 June 1884 – 17 May...
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    1944) Bernhard von Bülow, 8th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929) May 9 – Empress Shōken, consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1914) May 19 – John Hubbard,...
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