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Emperor Kōkaku

1771 - 1840

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Morohito (Japanese: 師仁, 23 September 1771 – 11 December 1840), posthumously honored as Emperor Kōkaku (光格天皇, Kōkaku-tennō), was the 119th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōkaku reigned from 1779 until his abdication in 1817 in favor of his son, Emperor Ninkō. After his abdication, he ruled as Daijō Tennō (太上天皇, Abdicated Emperor) also known as a Jōkō (上皇) until his death in 1840. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Kōkaku has received more than 663,450 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Emperor Kōkaku is the 1,253rd most popular politician (up from 1,548th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Japan (up from 57th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Kōkaku is most famous for his role in the Meiji Restoration.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 1,253 out of 15,577. Before him are Yaśodharā, Henry Clay, Seonjo of Joseon, Carloman II, Fuxi, and Agrippina the Elder. After him are Maurice, Franklin Pierce, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Louis, Dauphin of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 5. Before him are Walter Scott, Robert Owen, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, and Richard Trevithick. After him are Antoine-Jean Gros, Julie Clary, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Alois Senefelder, and Jean-Andoche Junot. Among people deceased in 1840, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 4. Before him are Niccolò Paganini, Caspar David Friedrich, and Frederick William III of Prussia. After him are Lucien Bonaparte, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Siméon Denis Poisson, Jacques MacDonald, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, and Louis de Bonald.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 44 out of 6,048. Before him are Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Hiroshige (1797), and Takeshi Kitano (1947). After him are Saigō Takamori (1828), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Takeda Shingen (1521), and Utamaro (1753).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 12. Before him are Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), and Emperor Ninkō (1800). After him are Itō Hirobumi (1841), Takeda Shingen (1521), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Shinzō Abe (1954), and Emperor Suizei (-669).

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