RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Empress Meishō

1624 - 1696

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Okiko (Japanese: 興子), posthumously honored as Empress Meishō (明正天皇, Meishō-tennō; January 9, 1624 – December 4, 1696), was the 109th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Her reign lasted from 1629 to 1643. In the history of Japan, Meishō was the seventh of eight women to become empress regnant. The six who reigned before her were Suiko, Kōgyoku/Saimei, Jitō, Genmei, Genshō, and Kōken/Shōtoku. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Empress Meishō is the 692nd most popular religious figure (down from 664th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Japan and the 5th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Empress Meishō is most famous for her decision to abdicate the throne in order to marry Emperor Shōwa.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Empress Meishō ranks 692 out of 3,187. Before her are Alexius of Rome, Muadh ibn Jabal, Hans Egede, Louis de Montfort, Abdullah ibn Umar, and Conrad Schumann. After her are Micah, Germanus I of Constantinople, Jean Meslier, Catherine Labouré, Kinga of Poland, and Sun Myung Moon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, Empress Meishō ranks 3. Before her are Koxinga, and Angelus Silesius. After her are Guarino Guarini, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George Fox, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Murad Bakhsh, Arnold Geulincx, Thomas Sydenham, and Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours. Among people deceased in 1696, Empress Meishō ranks 4. Before her are John III Sobieski, Mariana of Austria, and Ivan V of Russia. After her are Jean de La Bruyère, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Murad Giray, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, and Jean Domat.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Meishō ranks 101 out of 6,245. Before her are Date Masamune (1567), Makoto Kobayashi (1944), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kūkai (774), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), and Akira Suzuki (1930). After her are Himiko (175), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Fumio Kishida (1957), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), and Emperor Nakamikado (1702).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Empress Meishō ranks 5. Before her are Kane Tanaka (1903), Paulo Miki (1564), Dōgen (1200), and Nichiren (1222). After her are Benkei (1155), Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Ikkyū (1394), and Eisai (1141).

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