father house death_date succession mother birth_place death_place religion consort birth_date coronation spouse issue image article_title name reign
prince kuniyoshi kuni imperial house of japan 16 june 2000 empress consort of japan chikako shimazui tokyo , japan fukiage Ōmiya palace , tokyo , japan shinto yes 6 march 1903 10 november 1928 emperor shōwa shigeko , princess taka atsuko , princess yori akihito , emperor , of japan masahito , prince hitachi takako , princess suga princess teru sachiko , princess hisa kazuko empress_kojun_1956-11-face . jpg empress kōjun
 empress kōjun 香淳皇后 25 december 1926 & ndash ; 7 january 1989
empress kōjun

, born , was empress consort of emperor shōwa of japan .
she was the mother of the present emperor , akihito .
her posthumous name is `` kōjun '' , which means `` fragrant purity '' .
empress kōjun was empress consort -lrb- `` kōgō '' -rrb- from 25 december 1926 to 7 january 1989 , making her the longest lived empress consort in japanese history .
