| | Empress Meisho of Japan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Her mother was Tokugawa Kazuko, daughter of the 2nd (Click link for more info and facts about shōgun) shōgun, (Click link for more info and facts about Tokugawa Hidetada) Tokugawa Hidetada. |
 | | Her name was derived by combining the names of two previous empresses, (Click link for more info and facts about Gemmei) Gemmei (707-715) and her daughter (Click link for more info and facts about Genshō) Genshō (715-724) |
 | | In 1629, she became Empress after her father, (Click link for more info and facts about Emperor Go-Mizunoo) Emperor Go-Mizunoo suddenly abdicated in the Purple Clothes Incident. |
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