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Emperor Kōmei

1831 - 1867

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Osahito (統仁, 22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867), posthumously honored as Emperor Kōmei (孝明天皇, Kōmei-tennō), 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 1,408,488 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Emperor Kōmei is the 1,073rd most popular politician (up from 1,307th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Japan (up from 49th in 2019) and the 9th 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

Among politicians, Emperor Kōmei ranks 1,073 out of 15,577. Before him are Ariq Böke, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Alfredo Stroessner, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Shaka, and Habib Bourguiba. After him are Nabopolassar, Eric XIV of Sweden, David Lloyd George, Alpha Condé, William Henry Harrison, and Dagobert I.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 36 out of 6,048. Before him are Lee Myung-bak (1941), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kane Tanaka (1903), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Sadako Sasaki (1943), and Himiko (175). After him are Tadao Ando (1941), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Hiroshige (1797).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 9. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), and Himiko (175). After him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Takeda Shingen (1521), and Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147).

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