Empress Teimei
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Sadako Kujō , posthumously honoured as Empress Teimei , was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa of Japan. Her posthumous name, Teimei, means "enlightened constancy".
Formal portrait, 1912
Crown Princess Sadako on her wedding day in 1900
Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda, designated imperial personal emblem of Sadako
The newly enthroned Empress Sadako in jūnihitoe, 1912
Emperor Taishō
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Yoshihito, posthumously honored as Emperor Taishō, was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1912 until his death in 1926. The era he presided over is known as the Taishō era.
Formal portrait, 1912
Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito
Emperor Taishō on his way to the opening ceremony of the Imperial Diet in 1917, during World War I
Emperor Taishō in the robes of the Order of the Garter