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Prince Shōtoku

574 - 622

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Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子, Shōtoku Taishi, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622), also known as Prince Umayado (厩戸皇子, Umayado no ōjî, Umayado no miko) or Prince Kamitsumiya (上宮皇子, Kamitsumiya no ōji, Kamitsumiya no miko), was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was the son of Emperor Yōmei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yōmei's younger half-sister. But later, he was adopted by Prince Shōtoken. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Shōtoku has received more than 749,552 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Prince Shōtoku is the 2,263rd most popular politician (up from 2,496th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Japan (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Politician.

Prince Shōtoku is most famous for being a regent for the Empress Suiko, and for writing the Seventeen-Article Constitution, which was the first constitution in Japan.

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  • 750k

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  • 64.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Shōtoku ranks 2,263 out of 19,576. Before him are Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Karel Schwarzenberg, James I of Scotland, Li Hongzhang, Peng Dehuai, and Aníbal Cavaco Silva. After him are Gustav Heinemann, Valdemar III of Denmark, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Adélaïde of France, James IV of Scotland, and Gennady Zyuganov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 574, Prince Shōtoku ranks 3. Before him are Uthman, and Pope Agatho.  Among people deceased in 622, Prince Shōtoku ranks 1. 

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Shōtoku ranks 94 out of 6,245. Before him are Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), Joe Hisaishi (1950), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Kōbō Abe (1924), Kūkai (774), and Emperor Itoku (-553). After him are Benkei (1155), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Naoto Kan (1946), Akira Suzuki (1930), Paulo Miki (1564), and Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Prince Shōtoku ranks 25. Before him are Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Himiko (175), and Emperor Itoku (-553). After him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Naoto Kan (1946), Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), Emperor Kōshō (-505), Fumimaro Konoe (1891), and Tarō Asō (1940).

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