POLITICIAN

Emperor Kōgen

272 BC - 157 BC

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Emperor Kōgen (孝元天皇, Kōgen-tennō), also known as Ōyamatonekohikokunikuru no Mikoto (大倭根子日子国玖琉命) was the eighth legendary emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Very little is known about this Emperor due to a lack of material available for further verification and study. Kōgen is known as a "legendary emperor" among historians as his actual existence is disputed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Kōgen has received more than 247,116 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Emperor Kōgen is the 3,515th most popular politician (down from 2,985th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Japan (down from 139th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Kōgen is most famous for the construction of the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Kōgen ranks 3,515 out of 19,576. Before him are Abbas I of Egypt, Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Jomo Kenyatta, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Emperor Kinmei. After him are Andrew Dickson White, Lycurgus of Athens, Ernst vom Rath, Henry II, Duke of Austria, Alfonso II of Asturias, and Antiochus VIII Grypus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 272 BC, Emperor Kōgen ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 157 BC, Emperor Kōgen ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Wen of Han.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Kōgen ranks 184 out of 6,245. Before him are Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Momozono (1741), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Emperor Tenji (626), and Katsura Tarō (1848). After him are Sen no Rikyū (1522), Emperor Seimu (83), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Emperor Kōtoku (596), and Nagisa Oshima (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Kōgen ranks 63. Before him are Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Momozono (1741), Emperor Tenji (626), and Katsura Tarō (1848). After him are Emperor Seimu (83), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Emperor Kōtoku (596), Emperor Antoku (1178), and Ashikaga Takauji (1305).

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