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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 334,119 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Ashikaga Yoshiaki is the 5,087th most popular politician (down from 4,966th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Japan (up from 348th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 5,087 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Zhi of Han, Andrew, Duke of Calabria, Yaropolk II of Kiev, Chungnyeol of Goryeo, Leo Jogiches, and Matthias Gallas. After him are Harpalus, Joan Blaeu, Priscus Attalus, Al-Adil II, Imran Khan, and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1537, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 7Before him are Edward VI of England, John III of Sweden, Lady Jane Grey, Longqing Emperor, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, and Petrus Gonsalvus. After him are Diego Durán, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, and Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg. Among people deceased in 1597, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 13Before him are Joseph of Anchieta, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Barbara Blomberg, Franciscus Patricius, Edward Kelley, and Gunilla Bielke. After him are Won Gyun, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria, Luís Fróis, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, and Prospero Fontana.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 312 out of 6,048Before him are Toshiki Kaifu (1931), Shozo Tsugitani (1940), Jiro Miyake (1900), Hideaki Anno (1960), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), and Ko Takamoro (1907). After him are Ko Yong-hui (1952), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Yamato Takeru (72), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Nobuyuki Kato (1920), and Emperor Fushimi (1265).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 120Before him are Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Tokugawa Iemochi (1846), Emperor Buretsu (489), and Toshiki Kaifu (1931). After him are Ko Yong-hui (1952), Yamato Takeru (72), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Kōki Hirota (1878), and Kakuei Tanaka (1918).