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Kōjun
Kojun
Japanese empress.
External Pages About Kōjun
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
U.S. National Archives
ISNI
Statements about
Kōjun
Sex or Gender
Female
Father
Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni
Mother
Shimazu Chikako
Spouse
Hirohito
Child
Shigeko Higashikuni
Sachiko, Princess Hisa
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Atsuko Ikeda
Akihito
Masahito, Prince Hitachi
Takako Shimazu
Place of Birth
Toriizaka
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Azabu-Ku
Date of Birth
3/6/1903
Date of Death
6/16/2000
Country of Citizenship
Japan
Instance Of
Human
Image
Family
Imperial House of Japan
Religion or Worldview
Shinto
Award Received
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Ojaswi Rajanya
Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Royal Order of the Seraphim
Place of Death
Fukiage Gyoen
Place of Burial
Musashi Imperial Graveyard
Sibling
Princess Kuni Satoko
Kunihisa Kuni
Higashifushimi Kunihide
Kuni Asaakira
Sanjōnishi Nobuko
Name in Native Language
香淳皇后
Position Held
Empress of Japan
(12/25/1926 - 1/7/1989)
Start Time
:
12/25/1926
End Time
:
1/7/1989
Significant Event
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kojun State Visit to United States, 1975
Part Of
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako
Name in Kana
こうじゅんこうごう
Occupation
Consort
Given Name
Nagako
Commons Gallery
Empress Kōjun
Image of Grave
Cause of Death
Senility
Manner of Death
Natural Causes
Educated At
Gakushūin
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