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*''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>
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.
