Emperor Meiji

Details

Instance of

human

Born

3 November 1852

Died

30 July 1912, 29 July 1912

Place of birth

Site of the Nakayama Residence

Place of death

Meiji Palace

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Mutsuhito

Father

Emperor Kōmei

Mother

Nakayama Yoshiko

Spouse

Empress Shōken

Child

Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto, Wakatakayori-hime no Mikoto, Shigeko, Princess Ume, Yukihito, Prince Take, Emperor Taishō, Akiko, Princess Shige, Fumiko, Princess Masu, Shizuko, Princess Hisa, Michihito, Prince Aki, Princess Masako Takeda, Fusako Kitashirakawa, Princess Nobuko Asaka

Occupation

monarch, aristocrat

Position held

Emperor of Japan

Citizenship

Japan

Religion

Shinto

Awards

Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of the Black Eagle, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class, Order of St. Andrew, Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy, Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class, Order of the Golden Kite, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Order of the Garter, Royal Order of the Seraphim

anthem

Kimigayo

cause of death

diabetes, uremia

date of burial or cremation

14 September 1912

described by source

New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Who's Who in the Far East, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work

era name

Meiji era

family

Imperial House of Japan

languages spoken, written or signed

Japanese

manner of death

natural causes

military, police or special rank

dai-gensui

name in kana

めいじ てんのう

name in native language

明治天皇

noble title

Emperor of Japan

notable work

Q67104128

place of burial

Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi, Tokyo

posthumous name

明治

topic's main category

Category:Emperor Meiji

Unicode character

㍾

unmarried partner

Hamuro Mitsuko, Hashimoto Natsuko, Yanagiwara Naruko, Chigusa Kotoko

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