Empress Shōken
Japanese empress
Born on: May 9, 1849Died on: April 9, 1914
Aged: 64 years 335 days (779 months)
Birth Sign: Taurus
Masako Ichijō , who adopted the imperial given name Haruko (美子) in 1867 and was posthumously honoured as Empress Dowager Shōken , was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan.
She was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross Society, whose charity work was known throughout the First Sino-Japanese War.
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