Empress Teimei
| Empress Teimei 貞明皇后 | |||||
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Formal portrait, 1912 | |||||
| Empress consort of Japan | |||||
| Tenure | 30 July 1912 – 25 December 1926 | ||||
| Enthronement | 10 November 1915 | ||||
| Empress dowager of Japan | |||||
| Tenure | 25 December 1926 – 17 May 1951 | ||||
| Born | Sadako Kujō (九条節子) 25 June 1884 Nishikichō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan | ||||
| Died | 17 May 1951 (aged 66) Ōmiya Palace, Minato, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Burial | 22 June 1951 | ||||
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| House | Fujiwara clan (by birth) Imperial House of Japan (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Kujō Michitaka | ||||
| Mother | Ikuko Noma (concubine) | ||||
| Religion | Shinto and Nichiren Shōshū | ||||
Sadako Kujō (九条節子, Kujō Sadako; 25 June 1884 – 17 May 1951), posthumously honoured as Empress Teimei (貞明皇后, Teimei-kōgō), was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa. Her posthumous name, Teimei, means "enlightened constancy". She was also the paternal grandmother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and the paternal great-grandmother of Emperor Naruhito.