Yoshiko

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Yoshiko

Empress of Japan. Name variations: Komei empress; empress dowager. Daughter of Nakayama Tadayasu (1809–1888, the great counselor or dainagon); married Komei, emperor of Japan (r. 1847–1866, originally Osahito); children: at least two sons, including Mutsuhito (1852–1912), emperor of Japan (r. 1867–1912).