Empress Kōken, or Empress Shōtoku (718-770), the 48th imperial ruler of Japan
Empress | empress | Empress Matilda | Empress Suiko | Empress Michiko | Empress Dowager Cixi | Empress Shōken | Empress Elisabeth of Austria | Empress of Britain | Empress of Blandings | Empress Myeongseong | Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress | Holy Roman Empress | Empress of Canada | Empress Feng (Wencheng) | Battle of Empress Augusta Bay | SS ''Empress of Asia'' | Rasputin and the Empress | Empress Yu Wenjun | Empress Yang Lihua | Empress Xin | Empress Wang Zhi | Empress of Russia | Empress Kōken | Empress Jitō | Empress Cheonchu | Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress | RMS Empress of China | RMS ''Empress of China'' | RMS Empress of Asia |
The seven female monarchs who reigned before Go-Sakuramachi were Suiko, Kōgyoku (Saimei), Jitō, Gemmei, Genshō, Kōken (Shōtoku), and Meishō.