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| − | ''Jusangô'' refers to the three empresses (empress consort, dowager empress, and grand-dowager empress). Others were also granted the title ''jusangô'' or ''jugô'' as an honorary title, granting that individual an income equal to that of one of the empresses. | + | ''Jusangô'' refers to the three empresses (empress consort, dowager empress, and grand-dowager empress<ref>The grandmother of the reigning emperor.</ref>). Others were also granted the title ''jusangô'' or ''jugô'' as an honorary title, granting that individual an income equal to that of one of the empresses. |
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- Other Names: 准三宮 (jusanguu), 准后 (jugou)
- Japanese: 准三后 (jusangou)
Jusangô refers to the three empresses (empress consort, dowager empress, and grand-dowager empress[1]). Others were also granted the title jusangô or jugô as an honorary title, granting that individual an income equal to that of one of the empresses.
References
- Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 320.
- ↑ The grandmother of the reigning emperor.
