Hashimoto Natsuko

Hashimoto Natsuko (橋本 夏子, March 19, 1856 – November 14, 1873) was the second concubine of Emperor Meiji, and the mother of his first daughter Wakatakayori-hime no Mikoto (稚高依姫尊). Wakatakayori-hime no Mikoto was stillborn, and Natsuko died of complications from her delivery.[1]

Natsuko was a daughter of the noblewoman Hashimoto Reiko (橋本麗子, 1835-1889), and she entered Meiji's service as a concubine in 1872. Natsuko's tomb is at Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery at Gokoku-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo.

See also

  • Empress Shōken, primary consort of Emperor Meiji, later Empress Dowager
  • Hamuro Mitsuko, first concubine
  • Yanagihara Naruko, third concubine of Emperor Meiji, mother of Emperor Taishō
  • Chigusa Kotoko (千種任子), fourth concubine
  • Sono Sachiko, fifth concubine

References

  1. ^ Keene, Donald (2005-06-14). Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231518116.
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