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Emperor Go-Sai

1638 - 1685

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Nagahito (Japanese: 良仁), posthumously honored as Emperor Go-Sai (後西天皇, Go-Sai-tennō, January 1, 1638 – March 22, 1685), also known as Emperor Go-Saiin (後西院天皇, Go-Saiin-tennō), was the 111th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Sai's reign spanned the years from 1655 through 1663. This 17th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Junna and go- (後), translates as later, and thus, he could have been called the "Later Emperor Junna". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Go-Sai has received more than 254,404 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Emperor Go-Sai is the 2,820th most popular politician (down from 2,586th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 112th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Go-sai is most famous for his decision to abandon Kyoto and the imperial court in order to set up a new capital in Tokyo, which was then called Edo. This decision was made after the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 2,820 out of 19,576. Before him are Demetrius II Nicator, Nicos Anastasiades, Berenice, Norman Angell, Michelle Obama, and James III of Scotland. After him are Anastasio Somoza García, John, King of Denmark, Kārlis Ulmanis, Manuel Godoy, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, and Louis Barthou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 7. Before him are Louis XIV of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, Shunzhi Emperor, Nicolas Malebranche, Nicolas Steno, and Catherine of Braganza. After him are Meindert Hobbema, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Elisabetta Sirani, James Gregory, Christoph Cellarius, and Frederik Ruysch. Among people deceased in 1685, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 2. Before him is Charles II of England. After him are Adriaen van Ostade, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Michel Le Tellier, and Thomas Otway.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 132 out of 6,245. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Yamato Takeru (72), Masaru Emoto (1943), and Shigeru Yoshida (1878). After him are Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), Shunroku Hata (1879), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), and Kakuichi Mimura (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 42. Before him are Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Yamato Takeru (72), and Shigeru Yoshida (1878). After him are Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Emperor Sujin (-147), Emperor Kanmu (737), and Emperor Kōrei (-341).

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