Hamuro Mitsuko

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hamuro.

Hamuro Mitsuko
Born	February 3, 1853
Died	September 22, 1873(1873-09-22) (aged 20)
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	First concubine of Emperor Meiji

Hamuro Mitsuko (葉室 光子, February 3, 1853 – September 22, 1873) was the first concubine of 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.

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

See also

• Empress Shōken, primary consort of Emperor Meiji, later Empress Dowager
• Hashimoto Natsuko, second concubine
• Yanagihara Naruko, third concubine of Emperor Meiji, mother of Emperor Taishō
• Chigusa Kotoko (千種任子), fourth concubine
• Sono Sachiko, fifth concubine

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.