Empress Teimei

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Empress Teimei 貞明皇后
Formal portrait, 1912
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	30 July 1912 – 25 December 1926
Enthronement	10 November 1915
Empress dowager of Japan
Tenure	25 December 1926 – 17 May 1951
Born	Sadako Kujō (九条節子) (1884-06-25)25 June 1884 Nishikichō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died	17 May 1951(1951-05-17) (aged 66) Ōmiya Palace, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Burial	22 June 1951 Musashi Imperial Graveyard
Spouse	Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō ​ ​ (m. 1900; died 1926)​
Issue	Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu Takahito, Prince Mikasa
House	Imperial House of Japan (1900–1951) Fujiwara clan (1884–1900)
Father	Michitaka Kujō
Mother	Ikuko Noma (concubine)
Religion	Shinto and Buddhism (Lotus Sutra)

Sadako Kujō (九条節子, Kujō Sadako, 25 June 1884 – 17 May 1951), posthumously honoured as Empress Teimei (貞明皇后, Teimei-kōgō), was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa of Japan. Her posthumous name, Teimei, means "enlightened constancy".