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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 339,172 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Empress Shōken is the 360th most popular companion (up from 413th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Japan (up from 406th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Companion.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Empress Shōken ranks 360 out of 673. Before her are Gunilla Bielke, Mariam-uz-Zamani, Violant of Aragon, Blanche of Valois, Bertrade de Montfort, and Cynthia Lennon. After her are Gertrude of Merania, Catharina of Württemberg, Charles Lightoller, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, and Tjuyu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Empress Shōken ranks 27. Before her are Armand Peugeot, Alexander Kielland, Vera Zasulich, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, and Lord Randolph Churchill. After her are Joseph Gallieni, Saionji Kinmochi, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Michael Ancher, W. T. Stead, and Basil Zaharoff. Among people deceased in 1914, Empress Shōken ranks 29. Before her are Alfred Thayer Mahan, Joseph Chamberlain, Joseph Swan, Alain-Fournier, John Tenniel, and Charles Péguy. After her are Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Theodor Kittelsen, Christian Morgenstern, Anatoly Lyadov, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Shōken ranks 287 out of 6,048. Before her are Leiji Matsumoto (1938), Tameo Ide (1908), Yasuo Takamori (1934), Shūsaku Endō (1923), Emperor Yūryaku (418), and Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196). After her are Toru Takemitsu (1930), Emperor Monmu (683), Yosano Akiko (1878), Maeda Toshiie (1538), Saitō Hajime (1844), and Sesshū Tōyō (1420).

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Among COMPANIONS In Japan

Among companions born in Japan, Empress Shōken ranks 3. Before her are Empress Kōjun (1903) and Empress Teimei (1884). After her are Shigeko Higashikuni (1925) and Olivia Lufkin (1979).

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