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Emperor Shōkō

1401 - 1428

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Emperor Shōkō (称光天皇, Shōkō-tennō, May 12, 1401 – August 30, 1428) was the 101st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Shōkō has received more than 165,292 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Emperor Shōkō is the 3,890th most popular politician (up from 4,257th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Japan (up from 233rd in 2019) and the 81st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Shōkō ranks 3,890 out of 19,576Before him are Aristobulus II, Mehmet Shehu, Samsu-iluna, Halsten Stenkilsson, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, and Emperor Go-Kashiwabara. After him are Taishi Ci, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Óscar Carmona, Manfred Rommel, and Stefan Uroš I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1401, Emperor Shōkō ranks 6Before him are Masaccio, Nicholas of Cusa, Francesco I Sforza, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, and Catherine of Valois. After him are Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Stephen Zápolya, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, and Koca Davud Pasha. Among people deceased in 1428, Emperor Shōkō ranks 4Before him are Masaccio, Andrei Rublev, and Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. After him are Sophia of Bavaria, Zawisza Czarny, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy, Andronikos Palaiologos, and Maxtla.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Shōkō ranks 219 out of 6,245Before him are Kantarō Suzuki (1868), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Emperor Hanzei (336), Emperor Chūai (149), Tsugumi Ohba (1950), and Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464). After him are Empress Jingū (169), Takashi Shimura (1905), Emperor Sutoku (1119), Emperor Kenzō (450), Osamu Shimomura (1928), and Kyu Sakamoto (1941).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Shōkō ranks 81Before him are Emperor Richū (336), Terauchi Masatake (1852), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Emperor Hanzei (336), Emperor Chūai (149), and Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464). After him are Empress Jingū (169), Emperor Sutoku (1119), Emperor Kenzō (450), Emperor Ankō (401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), and Fujiko Fujio (1934).