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| [[Image:Meiji-naminoue.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa]], identified as ''kokka'', or, "The State."]] | | [[Image:Meiji-naminoue.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa]], identified as ''kokka'', or, "The State."]] |
| [[Image:Meiji-tomb.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The tomb-mound of Emperor Meiji, at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]] in [[Kyoto]].]] | | [[Image:Meiji-tomb.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The tomb-mound of Emperor Meiji, at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]] in [[Kyoto]].]] |
− | *''Born: [[1852]]'' | + | *''Born: [[1852]]/9/22'' |
| *''Died: [[1912]]'' | | *''Died: [[1912]]'' |
| *''Reign: [[1867]]-1912'' | | *''Reign: [[1867]]-1912'' |
− | *''Other Names'': 睦仁 ''(Mutsuhito)'' | + | *''Other Names'': 睦仁 ''(Mutsuhito)'', 祐宮 ''(Sachinomiya)'' |
| *''Japanese'': 明治天皇 ''(Meiji tennou)'' | | *''Japanese'': 明治天皇 ''(Meiji tennou)'' |
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| ==Life & Reign== | | ==Life & Reign== |
− | Emperor Meiji, known by his personal name Mutsuhito during his life, was the son of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] and [[Nakayama Yoshiko]], an imperial concubine. His wife, Ichijô Haruko, came to be known as [[Empress Shoken|Empress Dowager Shôken]]. | + | Emperor Meiji, known by his personal name Mutsuhito during his life, was the son of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] and [[Nakayama Yoshiko]], an imperial concubine. His wife, Ichijô Haruko, came to be known as [[Empress Shoken|Empress Dowager Shôken]]. At seven days old, he was initially named Sachinomiya.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 378.</ref> |
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| Meiji took the throne on 1867/1/9, less than a year before [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] stepped down as [[Shogun]], marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the "[[Meiji Restoration|restoration]]" of Imperial rule. | | Meiji took the throne on 1867/1/9, less than a year before [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] stepped down as [[Shogun]], marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the "[[Meiji Restoration|restoration]]" of Imperial rule. |