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Hōjō Masako

1156 - 1225

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Hōjō Masako (北条 政子; 1157 – August 16, 1225) was a Japanese politician who exercised significant power in the early years of the Kamakura period, which was reflected by her contemporary sobriquet of the "nun shogun". She was the wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and mother of Minamoto no Yoriie and Minamoto no Sanetomo, the first, second and third shoguns of the Kamakura shogunate, respectively. She was the eldest daughter of Hōjō Tokimasa and sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki, both of them shikken of the Kamakura shogunate. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Hōjō Masako is the 6,088th most popular politician (down from 5,538th in 2024), the 483rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 388th in 2019) and the 164th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hōjō Masako ranks 6,088 out of 19,576. Before her are Otto Hofmann, Jean-Luc Dehaene, William Walker, Kit Bond, Zhao Mengfu, and Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After her are Hamida Djandoubi, Beatrice of Castile, Diarmait Mac Murchada, Zoltán Tildy, Emperor Chong of Han, and Lothar von Richthofen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1156, Hōjō Masako ranks 5. Before her are Magnus V of Norway, Kuchlug, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, and Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse.  Among people deceased in 1225, Hōjō Masako ranks 6. Before her are Jebe, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, Al-Nasir, Comtessa de Dia, and Arnaud Amalric. After her are Angelus of Jerusalem, Ma Yuan, Jien, Engelbert II of Berg, and Adolf III of Holstein.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hōjō Masako ranks 483 out of 6,245. Before her are Kiyoshi Tomizawa (1943), Tadahiko Ueda (1947), Emperor Hanazono (1297), Takeichi Nishi (1902), Michihiro Ozawa (1932), and Torakusu Yamaha (1851). After her are Norio Yoshimizu (1946), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Yukio Shimomura (1932), Kondō Isami (1834), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), and Emperor Daigo (885).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Hōjō Masako ranks 164. Before her are Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Tetsu Katayama (1887), Muryeong of Baekje (462), Emperor Takakura (1161), Yoshihiko Noda (1957), and Emperor Hanazono (1297). After her are Kondō Isami (1834), Emperor Daigo (885), Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009), Tokugawa Iesada (1824), Mōri Terumoto (1533), and Emperor Go-Reizei (1025).

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