Prince Shōtoku
574 – 622 · 48 years · Asuka · Asia
Reign: 593 – 622 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)
Regent who promoted Buddhism and Chinese-style government in Japan and is credited with the Seventeen-Article Constitution.
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Portrait: Kano Osanobu (August 18, 1796 - June 12, 1846) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Middle East
- Muhammad — prophet and founder of Islam, 4 years older
- Ali ibn Abi Talib — fourth Rashidun caliph, 26 years younger
Asia
- Emperor Taizong of Tang — emperor of the Tang dynasty, 24 years younger
- Xuanzang — Buddhist monk and traveller, 28 years younger
Americas
- Pakal the Great — Maya ruler of Palenque, 29 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 589 Sui dynasty reunifies China — aged 15, Asia
- 605–610 Grand Canal of China — aged 31, Asia
- 618 Founding of the Tang dynasty — aged 44, Asia
- 622 Hijra: Muhammad's migration to Medina — aged 48, Middle East