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*''Born: [[1831]]''
*''Died: [[1867]]''
*''Reign: [[1846]]-[[1867]]''
*''Other Names'': 統仁 ''(Osahito)''
*''Japanese'': 孝明天皇 ''(koumei tennou)''

Emperor Kômei was [[Emperor]] of Japan during the [[Bakumatsu period]]. He was preceded by his father [[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]] and succeeded by his son, [[Emperor Meiji]].

Kômei was the emperor's posthumous name; his personal name during life was Osahito.

The major events of his reign were the major events of the Bakumatsu, including the arrival of [[Commodore Perry]] in [[1853]], the signing of the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] the following year, the signing of the [[Harris Treaty]] in [[1858]], and the various other incidents and conflicts that led up to the [[Meiji Restoration]].

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==References==
*"Chronology of the Japanese Emperors since the Mid-Nineteenth Century." in ''Handbook of Oriental Studies''. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. p335.

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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1846]]-[[1867]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Meiji]]'''
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[[Category:Emperors]]
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