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About Empress Shōken
Masako Ichijō , who adopted the imperial given name Haruko (美子) in 1867 and was posthumously honoured as Empress Dowager Shōken , 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.
Everything about Empress Shōken →- Occupation
- empress consort
- Position held
- Empress of Japan
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- May 9, 1849
- Died
- April 9, 1914