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Especially, the emphasis on Buddhism undercut the family’s influence. At the conclusion of the 8th century, the powerful priest-premier Dōkyō rose to a posture of undisputed hegemony under Shōmu’s daughter, who reigned 2 times, as being the empress Kōken and then as Shōtoku; and Fujiwara nobles feared that the priestly domination of govern