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Emperor Go-Kōmyō

1633 - 1654

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Tsugihito (Japanese: 紹仁), posthumously honored as Emperor Go-Kōmyō (後光明天皇, Go-Kōmyō-tennō, April 20, 1633 – October 30, 1654), was the 110th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Kōmyō's reign spanned the years from 1643 through 1654. This 17th-century sovereign was named after the 14th-century Nanboku-chō Emperor Kōmyō and go- (後), translates as later, and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Kōmyō". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Go-Kōmyō has received more than 247,266 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Emperor Go-Kōmyō is the 2,719th most popular politician (down from 2,536th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Japan (down from 106th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Go-Kōmyō is most famous for his efforts to reform the Buddhist clergy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Go-Kōmyō ranks 2,719 out of 19,576Before him are Mohammed Nadir Shah, Aristagoras, Petr Pavel, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Emperor Higashiyama, and Eugenius. After him are William I of Sicily, Vladimír Mečiar, Richard of Cornwall, Nebra, Richard Walther Darré, and Canute VI of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1633, Emperor Go-Kōmyō ranks 5Before him are Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, James II of England, Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, and Abbas II of Persia. After him are Kaya Sultan, Samuel Pepys, Bernardino Ramazzini, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Yun Shouping, Willem van de Velde the Younger, and Arsenije III Čarnojević. Among people deceased in 1654, Emperor Go-Kōmyō ranks 5Before him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Axel Oxenstierna, Alessandro Algardi, and Carel Fabritius. After him are Paulus Potter, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Peter Claver, İslâm III Giray, Samuel Scheidt, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Jacques Lemercier.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Go-Kōmyō ranks 125 out of 6,245Before him are Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Emperor Kōan (-427), Akio Morita (1921), Empress Kōjun (1903), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Emperor Higashiyama (1675). After him are Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Yamato Takeru (72), Masaru Emoto (1943), and Shigeru Yoshida (1878).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Go-Kōmyō ranks 37Before him are Tarō Asō (1940), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Reigen (1654), Emperor Kōan (-427), and Emperor Higashiyama (1675). After him are Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Yamato Takeru (72), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), and Emperor Go-Daigo (1288).