# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-kokaku
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:45:57.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-kokaku"
name: "Emperor Kōkaku"
slug: "emperor-kokaku"
description: "The 119th emperor of Japan navigated famine with such skill that his response diminished the shōgun's grip — and when he abdicated in 1817, he kept ruling from the shadows for another twenty-three years."
tagline: "Emperor of Japan from 1780 to 1817"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emperor_K%C5%8Dkaku.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1771-09-23"
deathDate: "1840-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.7
  momentum:             1.02973518415921
  historical:           22.725596
  currentAttention:     3.35064499916234
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Emperor%20K%C5%8Dkaku"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "کوکاکو (ایمپیراتور)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Імператар Кокаку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperador_K%C5%8Dkaku"
    title: "Emperador Kōkaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B1_%DA%A9%DB%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "ئیمپراتۆر کۆکاکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3kaku"
    title: "Kókaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dkaku"
    title: "Kōkaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85"
    title: "Αυτοκράτορας Κόκακου"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kokaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dkaku_Tenn%C5%8D"
    title: "Kōkaku Tennō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dkaku_enperadorea"
    title: "Kōkaku enperadorea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "امپراتور کوکاکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kōkaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dkaku"
    title: "Kōkaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokaku_na_Seap%C3%A1ine"
    title: "Kokaku na Seapáine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%82"
    title: "कोकाकू"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3kaku_jap%C3%A1n_cs%C3%A1sz%C3%A1r"
    title: "Kókaku japán császár"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82"
    title: "Կոկակու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dkaku"
    title: "Kōkaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dkaku"
    title: "Kōkaku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E6%A0%BC%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87"
    title: "光格天皇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "კოკაკუ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "고카쿠 천황"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الإمبراطور كوكاكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الامبراطور كوكاكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 23 September 1771, Kōkaku came from a cadet branch of the Imperial Family and took the throne in 1779 at age eight. Early in his reign, famine struck Japan; the way he handled it won public favor and quietly undercut the shōgun's authority. The Kansei Reforms followed as the shōgun's attempt to address problems that had festered since mid-century, meeting only partial success. Kōkaku abdicated in 1817 in favor of his son, Prince Ayahito — the only one of his sixteen children by one spouse and six concubines to survive into adulthood — but continued to wield power as Daijō Tennō until his death on 11 December 1840. Every emperor since, down to Naruhito today, descends directly from him.