RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Empress Meishō

1624 - 1696

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Okiko (Japanese: 興子), posthumously honored as Empress Meishō (明正天皇, Meishō-tennō, January 9, 1624 – December 4, 1696), was the 109th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Her reign lasted from 1629 to 1643. In the history of Japan, Meishō was the seventh of eight women to become empress regnant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Meishō has received more than 377,383 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Empress Meishō is the 664th most popular religious figure (up from 694th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Japan (up from 109th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Empress Meishō is most famous for her decision to abdicate the throne in order to marry Emperor Shōwa.

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  • 69.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Empress Meishō ranks 664 out of 3,187. Before her are Menno Simons, Benkei, Romanos the Melodist, Je Tsongkhapa, Paulo Miki, and Olaus Magnus. After her are Louis de Montfort, Pope Benedict V, Mattathias, Justin Martyr, John Cassian, and Kinga of Poland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, Empress Meishō ranks 4. Before her are Koxinga, Guarino Guarini, and Angelus Silesius. After her are George Fox, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Arnold Geulincx, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Thomas Sydenham, and Barent Fabritius. Among people deceased in 1696, Empress Meishō ranks 4. Before her are John III Sobieski, Ivan V of Russia, and Mariana of Austria. After her are Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Jean de La Bruyère, Louise Moillon, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Murad Giray, and Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Meishō ranks 101 out of 6,245. Before her are Benkei (1155), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Naoto Kan (1946), Akira Suzuki (1930), Paulo Miki (1564), and Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835). After her are Sugawara no Michizane (845), Joan Fontaine (1917), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), Sei Shōnagon (966), and Okita Sōji (1842).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Empress Meishō ranks 6. Before her are Kane Tanaka (1903), Dōgen (1200), Nichiren (1222), Benkei (1155), and Paulo Miki (1564). After her are Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Mikao Usui (1865), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), and Ikkyū (1394).

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