POLITICIAN

Emperor Kōmei

1831 - 1867

Photo of Emperor Kōmei

Icon of person Emperor Kōmei

Osahito (22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867), posthumously honored as Emperor Kōmei, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Kōmei has received more than 1,543,040 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Emperor Kōmei is the 1,083rd most popular politician (down from 1,071st in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Japan (down from 36th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Kōmei ranks 1,083 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierre Laval, Itō Hirobumi, Władysław III of Poland, Magnus Maximus, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Claudius Gothicus. After him are James Buchanan, Camille Desmoulins, Grover Cleveland, Scorpion II, Robert I of France, and Patrice de MacMahon.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Emperor Kōmei ranks 6. Before him are James Clerk Maxwell, Frederick III, German Emperor, Helena Blavatsky, Sitting Bull, and James A. Garfield. After him are John Stith Pemberton, Xianfeng Emperor, Richard Dedekind, Cheoljong of Joseon, Savitribai Phule, and Leo von Caprivi. Among people deceased in 1867, Emperor Kōmei ranks 5. Before him are Michael Faraday, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, and Maximilian I of Mexico. After him are Franz Bopp, Théodore Rousseau, Otto of Greece, Sakamoto Ryōma, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Maria Theresa of Austria, and Victor Cousin.

Others Born in 1831

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1867

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 38 out of 6,245. Before him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Itō Hirobumi (1841), and Isao Takahata (1935). After him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Hiroshige (1797), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), and Takeda Shingen (1521).

Others born in Japan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 10. Before him are Emperor Jimmu (-711), Shinzō Abe (1954), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), and Itō Hirobumi (1841). After him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Takeda Shingen (1521), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Koxinga (1624).

Japanese born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous