POLITICIAN

Ashikaga Yoshiaki

1537 - 1597

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Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭, 5 December 1537 – 19 October 1597) was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he staged a revolt and was overthrown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashikaga Yoshiaki has received more than 394,466 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ashikaga Yoshiaki is the 4,498th most popular politician (up from 5,075th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Japan (up from 310th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Japanese Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 4,498 out of 19,576. Before him are Cuitláhuac, Hazael, Ali Hassan Salameh, Henri, Count of Paris, Callias II, and Kim Jong-nam. After him are Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Rim-Sîn I, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Franz Mehring, and Emperor Xianzong of Tang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1537, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 5. Before him are Edward VI of England, John III of Sweden, Lady Jane Grey, and Longqing Emperor. After him are Petrus Gonsalvus, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Simon I of Kartli, Francesco Barozzi, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg, and Diego Durán. Among people deceased in 1597, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 12. Before him are Joseph of Anchieta, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Franciscus Patricius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Edward Kelley, and Barbara Blomberg. After him are Gunilla Bielke, Won Gyun, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Luís Fróis, Prospero Fontana, and Princess Elizabeth of Sweden.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 274 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Monmu (683), Mōri Motonari (1497), Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), and Empress Shōken (1849). After him are Emperor Seinei (444), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), Kentaro Miura (1966), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), and Tomiichi Murayama (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 109. Before him are Kōki Hirota (1878), Emperor Ingyō (376), Emperor Toba (1103), Emperor Monmu (683), Mōri Motonari (1497), and Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288). After him are Emperor Seinei (444), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Emperor Shōmu (701), and Emperor Kazan (967).

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