Emperor Meiji
明治天皇
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Portrait by Edoardo Chiossone (1888)
Emperor of Japan
Reign3 February 1867 –30 July 1912
Enthronement12 September 1868
PredecessorKōmei
SuccessorTaishō
ShōgunTokugawa Yoshinobu (1866–1868)
Daijō-daijinSanjō Sanetomi (1871–1885)
Prime Ministers
See list
  • Itō Hirobumi
    Kuroda Kiyotaka
    Sanjō Sanetomi
    Yamagata Aritomo
    Matsukata Masayoshi
    Itō Hirobumi
    Kuroda Kiyotaka
    Matsukata Masayoshi
    Itō Hirobumi
    Ōkuma Shigenobu
    Yamagata Aritomo
    Itō Hirobumi
    Saionji Kinmochi
    Katsura Tarō
    Saionji Kinmochi
BornMutsuhito(睦仁)
(1852-11-03)3 November 1852
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, Japan
Died30 July 1912(1912-07-30)(aged 59)
Meiji Palace, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Burial13 September 1912
Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi(伏見桃山陵), Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Spouse
Masako Ichijō
(m. 1869)
Issue
  • Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō
  • Masako, Princess Takeda
  • Fusako, Princess Kitashirakawa
  • Nobuko, Princess Asaka
  • Toshiko, Princess Higashikuni
  • (among others)
Era dates
Keiō: 1 May 1865 – 23 October 1868
Meiji: 23 October 1868 – 30 July 1912
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Meiji (明治天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Kōmei
MotherNakayama Yoshiko
ReligionShinto
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