Hirohito
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Emperor Shōwa, personal name Hirohito, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death on 7 January 1989. He reigned during a period of increasing Japanese nationalism and militarism, culmi
Formal portrait, 1935
Hirohito as an infant in 1902
Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito, and Yasuhito
Prince Hirohito and British prime minister David Lloyd George, 1921
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
Hirohito
…Japanese crown prince had traveled abroad. Due to his father's ill health, Hirohito became Sesshō of Japan (regent) that same year. In 1924, he married Princess Nagako Kuni, with whom he later had seven children: Shigeko, Sachiko, Kazuko, Atsuko, Akihito, Masahito and Takako. He became emperor upon his father's death in…
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