Empress Nagako
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Nagako, posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun, was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She served as Empress of Japan fro
Formal portrait, c. 1928
Princess Nagako in 1910 as a child
Nagako leaves her family home for wedding of her and Crown Prince Hirohito, 1924
Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako, 1924
Shigeko Higashikuni
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Shigeko Higashikuni, born Shigeko, Princess Teru, was the wife of Prince Morihiro Higashikuni and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was the eldest sister to Emperor Emeritus Akih
Empress Nagako
…2000 (aged 97) Fukiage Palace, Tokyo, Japan Burial 25 July 2000 Musashi Imperial Graveyard Spouse Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa (m. 1924; died 1989) Issue Shigeko Higashikuni Sachiko, Princess Hisa Kazuko Takatsukasa Atsuko Ikeda Akihito, Emperor of Japan Masahito, Prince Hitachi Takako Shimazu Posthumous name Empress Kōjun…
Shigeko Higashikuni in 1959
The Higashikuni couple on their wedding day, 1943
Shigeko at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, on 14 October 1959.
Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako with their first child, Princess Shigeko in 1926.