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Empress Genshō

680 - 748

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Empress Genshō (元正天皇, Genshō-tennō; 680 – May 22, 748) was the 44th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Her reign spanned the years 715 through 724. Genshō was the fifth of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant, and the only one in the history of Japan to have inherited her title from another empress regnant rather than from a male predecessor. The four female monarchs before Genshō were Suiko, Kōgyoku, Jitō and Genmei; the three reigning after her were Kōken, Meishō, and Go-Sakuramachi. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Empress Genshō is the 3,346th most popular politician (up from 3,689th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Japan (up from 201st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Empress Genshō ranks 3,346 out of 19,576. Before her are Shamshi-Adad I, Louis Desaix, Emperor Go-Sai, Alfonso I of Asturias, Shalmaneser V, and Lucius Vitellius the Elder. After her are Colin Powell, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Ibn Tumart, Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, Muwatalli II, and Fuad II of Egypt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 680, Empress Genshō ranks 3. Before her are Saint Boniface, and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair. After her are Wu Daozi, Liutpert, and Aripert II. Among people deceased in 748, Empress Genshō ranks 1. After her are Wasil ibn Ata, and Odilo, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Genshō ranks 160 out of 6,245. Before her are Yasuo Takamori (1934), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Masao Uchino (1934), and Emperor Go-Sai (1638). After her are Kenichi Fukui (1918), Takashi Furukawa (1981), Shunroku Hata (1879), Emperor Sujin (-147), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), and Issey Miyake (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Empress Genshō ranks 53. Before her are Emperor Kōrei (-341), Tarō Asō (1940), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), and Emperor Go-Sai (1638). After her are Emperor Sujin (-147), Issey Miyake (1938), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Emperor Suinin (-69), Emperor Kōtoku (596), and Fujiko Fujio (1934).

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