Vem daterade Meiji?

Mutsuhito (睦仁), postumt namn Meijikejsaren (japanska: 明治天皇^?, Meiji-ten'nō), född 3 november 1852, död 30 juli 1912, var den 122:e japanske kejsaren. Vid hans födelse 1852 var Japan ett isolerat förindustriellt feodalsamhälle som dominerades av Tokugawashogunatet och daimyoklassen, som styrde över landets över 250 regionala han-domäner. Vid Meijis död år 1912 hade Japan genomgått en politisk, social och industriell revolution och hade kommit ur den som en av världens stormakter. Namnet Meiji, som kan läsas som upplyst styre, är hans postmortala kejsarnamn och kommer av den tideräkningsperiod som tog sin början några månader efter det att han tillträdde tronen.

Hamuro Mitsuko (葉室 光子; February 3, 1853 – September 22, 1873) was the first concubine of Emperor Meiji, and the mother of his first child Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto (稚瑞照彦尊). Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto was stillborn, and Mitsuko died of complications from his delivery five days later. Mitsuko was assisted in the delivery by Kusumoto Ine, the first woman doctor of western medical training in Japan.

Mitsuko's tomb is at Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery at Gokoku-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo.

Chigusa Kotoko (千種任子, July 19, 1855 - February 1, 1944) was the fourth concubine of Emperor Meiji. She gave birth to two daughters who died of meningitis in infancy. Although Meiji was the last Japanese emperor to have more than one consort, the official role at court was not abolished until 1924; surviving concubines remained as members of the imperial family in retirement.

Yanagiwara Naruko (Japanese: 柳原愛子), also known as Sawarabi no Tsubone (26 June 1859 – 16 October 1943), was a Japanese lady-in-waiting of the Imperial House of Japan. A concubine of Emperor Meiji, she was the mother of Emperor Taishō and the last concubine of Japan and the last concubine to ever give birth to a reigning Emperor of Japan.