# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koken
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:43:48.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koken"
name: "Kōken"
slug: "koken"
description: "Empress Kōken was the 46th and 48th monarch of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Seeking to protect the bloodline of Prince Kusakabe, her father, Emperor Shōmu, proclaimed her the first crown princess in Japanese history in 738, and she succeeded her father as empress regnant in 749 after he retired to become a Buddhist monk. With the backing of her mother, Empress Kōmyō, and cousin Fujiwara no Nakamaro, she was able to outmaneuver a largely hostile Daijō-kan. Her father died in 756, having named a cousin unrelated to the Fujiwara clan as Kōken's heir; this outraged her maternal Fujiwara relatives and their supporters, and Kōken replaced him with Prince Ōi, a close ally of her mother and Nakamaro. In 757, she headed off a conspiracy to overthrow her by Tachibana no Naramaro, and resigned the following year to serve as empress emerita, while Ōi reigned as Emperor Junnin."
tagline: "Empress of Japan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Empress_Koken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "718"
deathDate: "770"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.61
  momentum:             1.904733727810651
  historical:           21.85761733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Carica Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "الإمبراطورة شوتوكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "امپراتریس کوکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperatris_K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Emperatris Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Імператрыца Кокэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dtoku"
    title: "Shōtoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3ken"
    title: "Kóken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Empress Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken_Tenn%C5%8D"
    title: "Kōken Tennō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken_enperatriza"
    title: "Kōken enperatriza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "امپراتریس کوکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken_Thi%C3%AAn-f%C3%B2ng"
    title: "Kōken Thiên-fòng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3ken_jap%C3%A1n_cs%C3%A1sz%C3%A1rn%C5%91"
    title: "Kóken japán császárnő"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharani_K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Maharani Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9D%E8%AC%99%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87"
    title: "孝謙天皇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EC%BC%84_%EC%B2%9C%ED%99%A9"
    title: "고켄 천황"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koken_(keizerin)"
    title: "Koken (keizerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dken"
    title: "Kōken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dtoku_(cesarzowa)"
    title: "Shōtoku (cesarzowa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotoku"
    title: "Shotoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Императрица Кокэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump