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Especially, the emphasis on Buddhism undercut the family’s affect. At the end of the 8th century, the highly effective priest-Leading Dōkyō rose to some situation of undisputed hegemony underneath Shōmu’s daughter, who reigned two times, as the empress Kōken and afterwards as Shōtoku; and Fujiwara nobles feared which the priestly dominatio