Japanese Empress Dowager
In the complex organization of the Japanese Imperial Court, the title "dowager empress" does not automatically devolve to the principal consort of an emperor who has died. The title kōtaigō is bestowed or granted by the monarch who will have acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne. The following were granted this Imperial title:
- HIM Empress Dowager Kōjun (香淳皇太后, Kōjun kōtaigō?, 1903 - 2000), widow of Emperor Shōwa
- HIM Empress Dowager Teimei (貞明皇太后, Teimei kōtaigō?, 1884–1951), widow of Emperor Taishō
- HIM Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken kōtaigō?, 1849 - 1914), widow of Emperor Meiji
- HIM Empress Dowager Eishō (英照皇太后, Eishō kōtaigō?, 1834 - 1898), widow of Emperor Kōmei
- HIM Empress Dowager Yoshikō (欣子皇太后, Yoshikō kōtaigō?, 1779-1846), widow of Emperor Kōkaku
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