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Emperor Kōmei
Sign in to saveAlso known as Komei, Emperor Komei, Kōmei-tennō, Koumei, Kōmei, Imperial Prince Osahito, Osahito, Prince Hiro, Prince Hiro
Emperor of Japan from 1846 to 1867
Key facts
- Reign
- 10 March 1846 – 30 January 1867
- Enthronement
- 31 October 1847
- Predecessor
- Ninkō
- Successor
- Meiji
- Sh guns
- See list Tokugawa Ieyoshi , Tokugawa Iesada , Tokugawa Iemochi , Tokugawa Yoshinobu
- Born
- Osahito, Prince Hiro ( 煕宮統仁親王 ) , ( 1831-07-22 ) 22 July 1831, Kyoto , Tokugawa shogunate
- Died
- 30 January 1867 (1867-01-30) (aged 35), Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate
- Burial
- Nochi no tsuki no wa no misasagi ( 後月輪東山陵 ) , Kyoto
- Spouse
- Asako Kujō
- Issue
- Emperor Meiji ( among others )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kyoto
- Place of death
- Kyoto
- Child
- Emperor Meiji
- Father
- Emperor Ninkō
- Mother
- Ōgimachi Naoko
- Sibling
- Kuni Asahiko
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Emperor of Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Shinto
- Family
- Imperial House of Japan
- Noble title
- Imperial prince
- Image
- The Emperor Komei.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
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- Commons category
- Emperor Kōmei
- date of birth
- 1831-07-22
- date of death
- 1867-01-30
- cause of death
- smallpox
- place of burial
- Tsuki no wa no misasagi
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 統仁
- name in kana
- こうめい てんのう
- birth name
- 煕宮
- posthumous name
- 孝明
- era name
- Keiō
- relative
- Prince Yamashina Akira
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Encyclopedic overview
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Emperor Kōmei (孝明天皇, Kōmei-tennō; 22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867) was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867, corresponding to the final years of the Edo period.
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