Marquess Nakayama Tadayasu 中山 忠能 | |
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Born | 17 December 1809 |
Died | 12 June 1888 | (aged 78)
Burial | Toshimagaoka Imperial cemetery, Bunkyo, Tokyo |
Spouse | Matsura Aiko |
Issue | Nakayama Tadanaru, Nakayama Tadamitsu, Ogimachi Koto, Nakayama Yoshiko (mother to Emperor Meiji) |
House | Hokke (Fujiwara) |
Father | Nakayama Tadayori |
Mother | Ogimachi Tsunako |
Marquess Nakayama Tadayasu (Japanese: 中山 忠能, 17 December 1809 – 12 June 1888) was a Japanese nobleman and courtier of the Edo period and then one of the Kazoku of the post-1867 Empire of Japan. He was the father of Nakayama Yoshiko (1836–1907), mother of the Emperor Meiji, who was born and brought up in Nakayama's household.[1] He had the rare honour of being awarded the Order of the Chrysanthemum while he was still alive.[2]