The 46th (with Empress Kōken name) and the 48th monarch of Japan (with Empress Shōtoku name). She reigned from 749 to 758, then, following the Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion, she reascended the throne as Empress Shōtoku from 765 until her death in 770.
Empress Meishō (明正天皇, Meishō-tennō, January 9, 1624 – December 4, 1696) was the 109th Imperial ruler of Japan from 1629 to 1643. Meishō was the seventh of eight women to become Japan’s empress regnant.
Empress Suiko (推古天皇, Suiko-tennō) (554 – 15 April 628) was the monarch of Japand from 593 until her death in 628. Suiko was the first of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant of Japan.