Empress Shōken (昭憲皇太后)
Consort of Emperor Meiji (1849–1914), enshrined at Meiji Jingu.
Empress Shōken was the consort of Emperor Meiji. She died in 1914, two years after him, and the two are enshrined together at Meiji Jingu. The Imperial Garden at the shrine was laid out as a strolling garden around 1893 at the emperor's direction for her health. Nearly 28,000 poems are attributed to her, and the shrine's omikuji draws on them alongside the emperor's.
AI-assisted research. Check official sources before you travel.About
1 placeOpen in the full map
