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Empress Teimei

1884 - 1951

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Sadako Kujō (九条節子, Kujō Sadako; 25 June 1884 – 17 May 1951), posthumously honoured as Empress Teimei (貞明皇后, Teimei Kōgō), was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa. Her posthumous name, Teimei, means "enlightened constancy". She was also the paternal grandmother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and the paternal great-grandmother of Emperor Naruhito. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Empress Teimei is the 391st most popular companion (down from 360th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Japan (down from 306th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Companion.

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Among companions, Empress Teimei ranks 391 out of 784. Before her are Joan of Navarre, Queen of England, Naqi'a, Maria Francisca of Savoy, Elizabeth the Cuman, Julia Drusilla, and Richardis. After her are Princess Marie of Orléans, Kunigunda of Halych, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Isabel of Coimbra, Judith of Flanders, and Louise Diane d'Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Empress Teimei ranks 49. Before her are Robert J. Flaherty, Eugène Tisserant, Maria Spiridonova, Zinaida Serebriakova, Louis B. Mayer, and Johan Laidoner. After her are Béla Balázs, Hugo Schmeisser, Princess Helen of Serbia, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Wilhelm Backhaus, and Félix Gouin. Among people deceased in 1951, Empress Teimei ranks 39. Before her are Princess Milica of Montenegro, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Robert J. Flaherty, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Andrei Platonov, and Willem Mengelberg. After her are Princess Hélène of Orléans, Nikolai Medtner, Ernst von Weizsäcker, Serge Koussevitzky, Sadegh Hedayat, and Artur Schnabel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Teimei ranks 410 out of 6,245. Before her are Emperor Heizei (773), Emperor Kameyama (1249), Emperor Kōkō (830), Tadao Kobayashi (1930), Koji Funamoto (1942), and Shiro Misaki (null). After her are Daigoro Kondo (1907), Terauchi Masatake (1852), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Ikkyū (1394), Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1906), and Emperor Go-Toba (1180).

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Among COMPANIONS In Japan

Among companions born in Japan, Empress Teimei ranks 2. Before her are Empress Kōjun (1903). After her are Empress Shōken (1849), Shigeko Higashikuni (1925), and Olivia Lufkin (1979).

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