Hamuro Mitsuko

Hamuro Mitsuko (葉室 光子, February 3, 1853 — September 22, 1873) was the first concubine of the Emperor Meiji, and the mother of his first child Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto (稚瑞照彦尊).[1] Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto was stillborn, and Mitsuko died of complications from his delivery five days later.[2] Mitsuko was assisted in the delivery by Kusumoto Ine, the first woman doctor of western medical training in Japan.

Hamuro Mitsuko
BornFebruary 3, 1853
DiedSeptember 22, 1873
NationalityJapanese
Occupationconcubine
Known forfirst concubine of the Emperor Meiji

Mitsuko's tomb is at Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery at Gokoku-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo.

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References

  1. Griffis, William Elliot (1915). The Mikado: institution and person. Princeton university press. p. 259. Hamuro Mitsuko.
  2. Keene, Donald (2005-06-14). Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231518116.
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