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==The Empress' Name==
==The Empress' Name==
During the Empress' life, in accordance with Japanese custom, her personal name would never have been used. She would have been referred to only as "Her Majesty the Emperor" (<font size=3>天皇陛下</font> Tennō Heika), but the title could be shortened to Heika (<font size=3>陛下</font> "Your Majesty").
During the Empress' life, in accordance with Japanese custom, her personal name would never have been used. She would have been referred to only as "Her Majesty the Empress" (<font size=3>天皇陛下</font> Tennō Heika), but the title could be shortened to Heika (<font size=3>陛下</font> "Your Majesty").
After her abdication, she assumed her definitive post-reign (and subsequent posthumous) name, ''Go-Sakuramachi Tennō'' (<font size=3>後桜町天皇</font> Emperor Go-Sakuramachi) and in keeping with the correct naming convention, this article will refer to her as '''Empress Go-Sakuramachi''', where appropriate.
After her abdication, she assumed her definitive post-reign (and subsequent posthumous) name, ''Go-Sakuramachi Tennō'' (<font size=3>後桜町天皇</font> Emperor Go-Sakuramachi) and in keeping with the correct naming convention, this article will refer to her as '''Empress Go-Sakuramachi''', where appropriate.
The Emperess is named after her father, the Emperor Sakuramachi (<font size=3>桜町天皇</font>), and to differentiate between them, had ''go-'' (<font size=3>後</font>) added to her title. "Go-" literally means "later" and thus the Empress' name means "The Later Sakuramachi".
The Emperess is named after her father, the Emperor Sakuramachi (<font size=3>桜町天皇</font>), and to differentiate between them, had ''go-'' (<font size=3>後</font>) added to her title. "Go-" literally means "later" and thus the Empress' name means "The Later Sakuramachi".
==Early Life==
==Early Life==