Empress Shōken
| Empress Dowager Shōken 昭憲皇太后 | |||||
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The Empress in 1889 | |||||
| Empress consort of Japan | |||||
| Tenure | 11 January 1869 – 30 July 1912 | ||||
| Enthronement | 11 January 1869 | ||||
| Empress dowager of Japan | |||||
| Tenure | 30 July 1912 – 9 April 1914 | ||||
| Born | Masako Ichijō (一条勝子) 9 May 1849 Heian-kyō, Japan | ||||
| Died | 9 April 1914 (aged 64) Numazu, Japan | ||||
| Burial | Fushimi Momoyama no Higashi no Misasagi, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Tadayoshi Ichijō | ||||
| Mother | Tamiko Niihata | ||||
Masako Ichijō (一条勝子, Ichijō Masako; 9 May 1849 – 9 April 1914), who adopted the imperial given name Haruko (美子) in 1867 and was posthumously honoured as Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken-kōtaigō), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. She was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross Society, whose charity work was known throughout the First Sino-Japanese War.