Nakayama Yoshiko

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Nakayama".

Yoshiko Nakayama
Spouse	Emperor Kōmei
Issue
Emperor Meiji
Father	Tadayasu Nakayama
Born	16 January 1836(1836-01-16)
Died	5 October 1907(1907-10-05) (aged 71)

Nakayama Yoshiko (中山慶子^?, (16 January 1836–5 October 1907) was a Japanese lady-in-waiting in the court of the Imperial House of Japan. She was a concubine of Emperor Kōmei and the mother of Emperor Meiji.

Biography

Nakayama Yoshiko was the daughter of Lord Nakayama Tadayasu, Minister of the Left (Sadaijin) and a member of the Fujiwara family. Her mother was the 11th daughter of the daimyo of Matsuura Domain, Matsuura Seizan. She was born in Kyoto and entered service of the court at the age of 17. She became a concubine of Emperor Komei, and on 3, November, 1852, gave birth to Mutsuhito, later known as Emperor Meiji, at her father’s residence outside of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. She returned with her son to the Palace five years later. Her son was the eldest of six born to Emperor Komei. After the Meiji Restoration, she relocated to the new capital to Tokyo in 1870 at the behest of the Emperor. She is buried in Toshimagaoka cemetery in Bunkyo, Tokyo.

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Name	Nakayama, Yoshiko
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Date of birth	16 January 1836
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Date of death	5 October 1907
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