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Empress Kōken

718 - 770

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Empress Kōken (孝謙天皇, Kōken-tennō, 718 – August 28, 770), known as Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇, Shōtoku-tennō) after her second accession to the throne, was the 46th (with the name Empress Kōken) and the 48th monarch of Japan (with the name Empress Shōtoku), according to the traditional order of succession.The daughter of Emperor Shōmu, Empress Kōken succeeded to the throne at the age of 31, following her father's renunciation. She first reigned from 749 to 758. During this period, the government was heavily influenced by her mother, the former empress consort Kōmyō, and the latter's nephew, Fujiwara no Nakamaro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Kōken has received more than 231,928 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Empress Kōken is the 4,587th most popular politician (up from 4,734th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Empress Kōken ranks 4,587 out of 15,577Before her are Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Chief Seattle, Artemisia II of Caria, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Lajos Batthyány, and Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After her are Antigonus II Mattathias, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Barquq, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, Ardashir III, and Quintus Aurelius Symmachus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 718, Empress Kōken ranks 3Before her are Abu Muslim and Constantine V. After her are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Lupus II of Gascony, and Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Among people deceased in 770, Empress Kōken ranks 2Before her is Du Fu.

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