What is Emperor Kōmei?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Emperor Kōmei<br>{{nobold|{{lang|ja|孝明天皇}}}} | image = The Emperor Komei.jpg | caption = | succession = [[Emperor of Japan]] | reign = 10 March 1846 – 30 January 1867 | coronation = 31 October 1847 | cor-type = Japan | predecessor = [[Emperor Ninkō|Ninkō]] | successor = [[Emperor Meiji|Meiji]] | regent = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1=[[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]]<br/>[[Tokugawa Iesada]]<br/>[[Tokugawa Iemochi]]<br/>[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]]}} | reg-type = [[Shōgun]]s | birth_name = {{Nihongo|Osahito|統仁}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1831|7|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1867|1|30|1831|7|22|df=y}} | death_place = [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]], [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] | burial_date = | burial_place = {{Nihongo||後月輪東山陵|''[[Tsuki no wa no misasagi|Nochi no tsuki no wa no misasagi]]''}}, Kyoto | spouse = [[Asako Kujō]] | issue = {{plainlist| *Prince Myōkōgein *Imperial Princess Junko *[[Emperor Meiji]] *Princess Fuki *Princess Suma *Princess Rie }} | posthumous name= [[Posthumous name#Chinese-style (Han-style) shigō|Chinese-style ''shigō'']]:<br/>Emperor Kōmei ({{lang|ja|孝明天皇}}) | house = [[Imperial House of Japan]] | father = [[Emperor Ninkō]] | mother = [[Fujiwara no Tsuneko]] | religion = [[Shinto]] | signature = KoumeiShinsho.svg }} '''Emperor Kōmei''' (22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867) was the 121st [[Emperor of Japan|emperor]] and [[head of state]] of [[Japan]] from 1846 until his sudden death in 1867. He was succeeded by his son [[Emperor Meiji]] who regained the power that had long been held by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], which began to crumble during the Komei reign. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Komei, Emperor}} [[Category:1831 births]] [[Category:1867 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from smallpox]] [[Category:Emperors of Japan]]