Chigusa Kotoko

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|千種任子|date=December 2021}}

{{family name hatnote|Chigusa|lang=Japanese}}

{{Infobox royalty

|name = Chigusa Kotoko

|consort = yes

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|caption =

|title = Imperial Concubine

|succession = Imperial Concubine to Emperor Meiji

|reign = ? – 30 July 1912

|birth_date = 19 July 1855

|birth_place = Empire of Japan

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|2|1|1855|7|19|df=y}}

|death_place = Japan

|father = Viscount Chigusa Aritō

|mother = Masako Yotsuji

|spouse = Emperor Meiji

|issue = Akiko, Princess Shige
Fumiko, Princess Masu

|house = Imperial House of Japan

|full name = {{nihongo|Chigusa Kotoko|千種任子}}

|religion = Shinto

}}

Chigusa Kotoko (千種任子, July 19, 1855 - February 1, 1944) was the fourth concubine of Emperor Meiji.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VMuPzoc23QMC&q=Hamuro+Mitsuko&pg=PA235|title=Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912|last=Keene|first=Donald|date=2005-06-14|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231518116|language=en}} She gave birth to two daughters who died of meningitis in infancy. Although Meiji was the last Japanese emperor to have more than one consort, the official role at court was not abolished until 1924; surviving concubines remained as members of the imperial family in retirement.