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[[File:Shotoku-koken.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Mausoleum of Empress Kôken/Shôtoku near the [[Heijo Imperial Palace|Heijô Imperial Palace]] site in [[Nara]]]]
*''Born: [[718]]''
*''Died: [[770]]/8''
*''Reign: [[749]]-[[758]], [[764]]-[[770]]''
*''Other Names'': 孝謙天皇 ''(Kouken tennou)''
*''Japanese'': 称徳天皇 ''(Shoutoku tennou)''
Empress Shôtoku, known as Empress Kôken during her first reign, was a reigning empress of the [[Nara period]]. She is known for a number of significant acts, including the commissioning of the ''[[Hyakumanto darani|Hyakumantô darani]]'' and the construction of the [[Shosoin|Shôsôin]].
Kôken took the throne for the first time in [[749]], upon the abdication of her father, [[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]]. Upon his death in [[756]], she commissioned the construction of the Shôsôin, a storehouse located on the grounds of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]] and built to house the late emperor's treasures.
She abdicated in favor of [[Emperor Junnin]] in [[758]], but then returned to the throne under the new name Empress Shôtoku following Junnin's abdication in [[764]].
That same year, she commissioned the production of the ''Hyakumantô darani'' - one million tiny ceramic pagodas containing copperplate-printed copies of ''dhâranî'' religious texts; many of these one million survive today and are the oldest surviving examples of [[Printing and Publishing|printed]] materials made in Japan.
A site northwest of the [[Heijo Imperial Palace|Heijô Imperial Palace]] is traditionally identified as her mausoleum. It neighbors ''[[kofun]]'' identified as the mausolea of the 2nd century likely legendary [[Emperor Seimu]], and Hibasuhime no mikoto, consort to [[Emperor Suinin]].
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>(as Kôken)<br>[[749]]-[[758]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Junnin]]'''
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|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Junnin]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>(as Shôtoku)<br>[[764]]-[[770]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Konin|Emperor Kônin]]'''
|}
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==References==
[[Category:Emperors|Shotoku]]
[[Category:Nara Period]]
*''Born: [[718]]''
*''Died: [[770]]/8''
*''Reign: [[749]]-[[758]], [[764]]-[[770]]''
*''Other Names'': 孝謙天皇 ''(Kouken tennou)''
*''Japanese'': 称徳天皇 ''(Shoutoku tennou)''
Empress Shôtoku, known as Empress Kôken during her first reign, was a reigning empress of the [[Nara period]]. She is known for a number of significant acts, including the commissioning of the ''[[Hyakumanto darani|Hyakumantô darani]]'' and the construction of the [[Shosoin|Shôsôin]].
Kôken took the throne for the first time in [[749]], upon the abdication of her father, [[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]]. Upon his death in [[756]], she commissioned the construction of the Shôsôin, a storehouse located on the grounds of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]] and built to house the late emperor's treasures.
She abdicated in favor of [[Emperor Junnin]] in [[758]], but then returned to the throne under the new name Empress Shôtoku following Junnin's abdication in [[764]].
That same year, she commissioned the production of the ''Hyakumantô darani'' - one million tiny ceramic pagodas containing copperplate-printed copies of ''dhâranî'' religious texts; many of these one million survive today and are the oldest surviving examples of [[Printing and Publishing|printed]] materials made in Japan.
A site northwest of the [[Heijo Imperial Palace|Heijô Imperial Palace]] is traditionally identified as her mausoleum. It neighbors ''[[kofun]]'' identified as the mausolea of the 2nd century likely legendary [[Emperor Seimu]], and Hibasuhime no mikoto, consort to [[Emperor Suinin]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Shomu|Emperor Shômu]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>(as Kôken)<br>[[749]]-[[758]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Junnin]]'''
|-
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Junnin]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>(as Shôtoku)<br>[[764]]-[[770]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Konin|Emperor Kônin]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
[[Category:Emperors|Shotoku]]
[[Category:Nara Period]]
