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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) or Prince Kamitsumiya (上宮皇子, Kamitsumiya no ōji), 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 695,255 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 37 in 2019). Prince Shōtoku is the 2,504th most popular politician (down from 2,450th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 100th in 2019) and the 31st 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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  • 700k

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  • 63.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Shōtoku ranks 2,504 out of 15,577. Before him are Wang Zhaojun, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Anne Marie d'Orléans, Hermann Müller, Nancy Pelosi, and Władysław Gomułka. After him are Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Vytautas Landsbergis, James Francis Edward Stuart, Antiochus VII Sidetes, and José Manuel Barroso.

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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 103 out of 6,048. Before him are Tarō Asō (1940), Abe no Seimei (921), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Kenzō Takada (1939), and Kazuyoshi Miura (1967). After him are Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Emperor Kōshō (-505), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), and Empress Meishō (1624).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Prince Shōtoku ranks 31. Before him are Emperor Annei (-577), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Emperor Itoku (-553), Fumimaro Konoe (1891), Emperor Kōan (-427), and Tarō Asō (1940). After him are Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Emperor Kōshō (-505), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Reigen (1654), and Emperor Momozono (1741).

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