Empress Dowager Shoken (1849-1914) - Find a Grave Memorial

Empress Dowager Shoken

Birth

9 May 1849

Kyōto-shi, Kyoto, Japan

Death

9 Apr 1914 (aged 64)

Numazu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan

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Fushimi-Momoyama-no-Higashi-no-Misasagi

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Former name was Haruko Ichijo. Empress of 122th Emperor of Japan Meiji.
She promoted modern women's education so that he could confront with European royal aristocrats and ladies, and worked to develop social projects and encourage domestic production. As an empress, she was dressed in european style for the first time in history of Japan.

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1852–1912 (m. 1869)

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