Empress Nagako
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Nagako[lower-alpha 1] (6 March 1903 – 16 June 2000),[1] posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun,[1][lower-alpha 2] was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She was empress consort of Japan (皇后, kōgō) from 1926 until her husband's death in 1989, making her the longest-serving empress consort in Japanese history.[2]
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 Formal portrait, c. 1928 | |||||
| Empress consort of Japan | |||||
| Tenure | 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989 | ||||
| Enthronement | 10 November 1928 | ||||
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| Tenure | 7 January 1989 – 16 June 2000 | ||||
| Born | Princess Nagako (良子女王) (1903-03-06)6 March 1903 Tokyo City, Empire of Japan | ||||
| Died | 16 June 2000(2000-06-16) (aged 97) Fukiage Ōmiya Palace, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Burial | 25 July 2000 Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi | ||||
| Mother | Chikako Shimazu | ||||
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