{"slug": "empress-koken", "label": "Empress Kōken", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Dken", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232955", "qid": "Q232955", "description": "Empress of Japan", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [718, 770], "span_label": ["718 CE", "770 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "emperor-of-japan", "label": "Emperor of Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-tenmu", "label": "Emperor Tenmu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-shomu", "label": "Emperor Shōmu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empress-komyo", "label": "Empress Kōmyō", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kōken, empress of Japan (d. 770)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Births", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 749, "year_label": "749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Emperor Shōmu abdicates the throne, after a 25-year reign that has been dominated by his wife (and aunt), Kōmyō, a commoner he married at age 16. He is succeeded by his daughter Kōken; Shōmu becomes the first retired emperor to become a Buddhist priest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938976#Japan", "title": "749", "revid": 1365938976, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 755, "year_label": "755 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Empress Kōken introduces the Tanabata festival to Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847491#Asia", "title": "755", "revid": 1340847491, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Empress Kōken abdicates the throne, after a 9-year reign. She is succeeded by her adopted son Junnin, grandson of the late emperor Tenmu. He becomes the 47th emperor (tennō) of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654492#Asia", "title": "758", "revid": 1366654492, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 761, "year_label": "761 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Japanese priest Dōkyō cures Empress Kōken by using prayers and potions. He may have become her lover and certainly becomes her court favorite, arousing the jealousy of Emperor Junnin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847723#Asia", "title": "761", "revid": 1340847723, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 764, "year_label": "764 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14–21 – Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion: A short-lived revolt led by Fujiwara no Nakamaro is suppressed. Emperor Junnin is deposed after a 6-year reign, and forced into exile. Former empress Kōken reassumes the imperial throne of Japan, and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priest Dōkyō, prime minister (taishi), running the government with him. Nakamaro is captured and killed with his wife and children.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847738#Asia", "title": "764", "revid": 1340847738, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 770, "year_label": "770 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – Kōken, empress of Japan (b. 718)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847752#Deaths", "title": "770", "revid": 1340847752, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 770, "year_label": "770 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – Empress Kōken (also Shōtoku) of Japan dies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847752#Asia", "title": "770", "revid": 1340847752, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}