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Emperor Reigen

1654 - 1732

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Satohito (Japanese: 識仁), posthumously honored as Emperor Reigen (霊元天皇, Reigen-tennō, 9 July 1654 – 24 September 1732) was the 112th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Reigen has received more than 298,250 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Emperor Reigen is the 2,605th most popular politician (up from 2,633rd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Japan (down from 115th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Reigen is most famous for his efforts to reform Japan's government and society. He was a strong supporter of the Meiji Restoration, which reformed the feudal society of Japan and led to the modernization of the country.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Reigen ranks 2,605 out of 19,576Before him are George V of Hanover, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Külüg Khan, Qalawun, Yazdegerd I, and Guntram. After him are Canute V of Denmark, Süleyman Çelebi, Arthur Liebehenschel, Cleomenes I, Ladislaus of Naples, and Konstantinos Karamanlis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Emperor Reigen ranks 3Before him are Kangxi Emperor, and Jacob Bernoulli. After him are Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Pierre Varignon, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Agostino Steffani, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Danylo Apostol, and John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1732, Emperor Reigen ranks 2Before him is Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. After him are Woodes Rogers, Louis Marchand, André Charles Boulle, John Gay, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Marie Thérèse de Bourbon.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Reigen ranks 116 out of 6,245Before him are Emperor Kōshō (-505), Fumimaro Konoe (1891), Abe no Seimei (921), Tarō Asō (1940), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), and Emperor Nintoku (290). After him are Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), Chiune Sugihara (1900), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Emperor Kōan (-427), Akio Morita (1921), and Empress Kōjun (1903).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Reigen ranks 34Before him are Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), Emperor Kōshō (-505), Fumimaro Konoe (1891), Tarō Asō (1940), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), and Emperor Nintoku (290). After him are Emperor Kōan (-427), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), and Yamato Takeru (72).