COMPANION

Empress Shōken

1849 - 1914

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Masako Ichijō (一条勝子, Ichijō Masako, 9 May 1849 – 9 April 1914), who adopted the imperial given name Haruko (美子) in 1867 and was posthumously honoured as Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken-kōtaigō), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Shōken has received more than 385,952 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Empress Shōken is the 339th most popular companion (up from 360th in 2019), the 273rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 285th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Companion.

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  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Empress Shōken ranks 339 out of 784. Before her are Catherine Dolgorukov, Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, Eadgyth, Flavia Maximiana Theodora, Parysatis II, and Eurydice II of Macedon. After her are Bertrade de Montfort, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Anne Hyde, Domitia Longina, Karin Månsdotter, and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Empress Shōken ranks 21. Before her are Blanche Monnier, Eva Gonzalès, Ellen Key, Max Nordau, Alexander Kielland, and Michael Ancher. After her are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Armand Peugeot, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Saionji Kinmochi, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1914, Empress Shōken ranks 26. Before her are Maximilian von Spee, Alexander Samsonov, Alphonse Bertillon, Charles Péguy, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Alain-Fournier. After her are Joseph Chamberlain, Louis Couturat, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, John Tenniel, Joseph Swan, and Anatoly Lyadov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Shōken ranks 273 out of 6,245. Before her are Emperor Toba (1103), Emperor Monmu (683), Mōri Motonari (1497), Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), and Eiji Yoshikawa (1892). After her are Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), Emperor Seinei (444), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), Kentaro Miura (1966), and Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641).

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Among COMPANIONS In Japan

Among companions born in Japan, Empress Shōken ranks 2. Before her are Empress Kōjun (1903). After her are Empress Teimei (1884), Shigeko Higashikuni (1925), and Olivia Lufkin (1979).

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