1831 - 1867
Emperor Kōmei (孝明天皇, Kōmei-tennō, 22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867) was the 121st Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867, corresponding to the final years of the Edo period.During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Commodore Perry in 1853 and 1854, and the subsequent forced re-opening of Japan to western nations, ending a 220-year period of national seclusion. Emperor Kōmei did not care much for anything foreign, and he opposed opening Japan to Western powers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Kōmei has received more than 1,022,139 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Emperor Kōmei is the 1,309th most popular politician (down from 1,244th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Japan (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Politician.
Emperor Kōmei was most famous for being the emperor of Japan during the Meiji Restoration. He was the emperor during the time when Japan went from being a feudal society to a modernized nation.
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Among politicians, Emperor Kōmei ranks 1,309 out of 15,710. Before him are Stephen, King of England, Zog I of Albania, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Khosrow II, and Crazy Horse. After him are Baldwin V of Jerusalem, Alaric II, John VII Palaiologos, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Sogdianus of Persia, and Gaspard II de Coligny.
1095 - 1154
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 1,303
1895 - 1961
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 1,304
260 BC - 211 BC
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 1,305
1289 - 1306
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 1,306
570 - 628
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 1,307
1840 - 1877
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 1,308
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 1,309
1177 - 1186
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 1,310
458 - 507
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 1,311
1370 - 1408
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 1,312
1147 - 1199
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 1,313
500 BC - 423 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 1,314
1519 - 1572
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 1,315
Among people born in 1831, Emperor Kōmei ranks 8. Before him are Sitting Bull, Frederick III, German Emperor, Helena Blavatsky, Xianfeng Emperor, James A. Garfield, and Richard Dedekind. After him are Leo von Caprivi, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, John Stith Pemberton, Johann Martin Schleyer, Cheoljong of Joseon, and Eduard Suess. Among people deceased in 1867, Emperor Kōmei ranks 6. Before him are Michael Faraday, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Maximilian I of Mexico, and Théodore Rousseau. After him are Franz Bopp, Otto of Greece, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Maria Theresa of Austria, Sakamoto Ryōma, and Princess Sophie of Saxony.
1831 - 1890
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 2
1831 - 1888
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 3
1831 - 1891
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 4
1831 - 1861
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
1831 - 1881
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 6
1831 - 1916
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 7
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 8
1831 - 1899
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 9
1831 - 1896
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 10
1831 - 1888
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 11
1831 - 1912
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 12
1831 - 1864
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 13
1831 - 1914
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 14
1791 - 1867
HPI: 88.23
Rank: 1
1821 - 1867
HPI: 85.52
Rank: 2
1780 - 1867
HPI: 84.10
Rank: 3
1832 - 1867
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 4
1812 - 1867
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 5
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 6
1791 - 1867
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 7
1815 - 1867
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 8
1788 - 1867
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 9
1816 - 1867
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 10
1836 - 1867
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 11
1845 - 1867
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 49 out of 5,560. Before him are Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Yayoi Kusama (1929), Osamu Dazai (1909), Sei Shōnagon (966), Tadao Ando (1941), and Yasujirō Ozu (1903). After him are Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Liv Ullmann (1938), Shinzō Abe (1954), Jiro Horikoshi (1903), and Takeshi Kitano (1947).
1887 - 1944
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 43
1929 - Present
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 44
1909 - 1948
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 45
966 - 1025
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 46
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 47
1903 - 1963
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 48
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 49
1147 - 1199
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 50
1841 - 1909
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 51
1938 - Present
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 52
1954 - Present
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 53
1903 - 1982
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 54
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 55
Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 10. Before him are Emperor Jimmu (-711), Hideki Tojo (1884), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Himiko (175), and Takeda Shingen (1521). After him are Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Uesugi Kenshin (1530).
711 BC - 585 BC
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 4
1884 - 1948
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 5
1894 - 1972
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 6
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 7
175 - 248
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 8
1521 - 1573
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 9
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 10
1147 - 1199
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 11
1841 - 1909
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 12
1954 - Present
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 13
1800 - 1846
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 14
1771 - 1840
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 15
1530 - 1578
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 16