Yanagiwara Naruko

Yanagiwara Naruko
Born26 June 1859
Kyoto, Japan
Died16 October 1943(1943-10-16) (aged 84)
Burial
SpouseEmperor Meiji
IssueShigeko, Princess Ume
Yukihito, Prince Take
Emperor Taishō
FatherYanagiwara Mitsunaru

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[1] and the most recent concubine to have given birth to a reigning Japanese emperor.

  1. ^ Keene 2002, p. 320.

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