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Emperor Sakuramachi

1720 - 1750

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Teruhito (Japanese: 昭仁, 8 February 1720 – 28 May 1750), posthumously honored as Emperor Sakuramachi (桜町天皇, Sakuramachi-tennō) was the 115th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He was enthroned as Emperor in 1735, a reign that would last until 1747 with his abdication. As with previous Emperors during the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate had control over Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Sakuramachi has received more than 322,568 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Emperor Sakuramachi is the 3,531st most popular politician (down from 3,001st in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Japan (down from 140th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Sakuramachi is most famous for being the first emperor to rule over Japan. He was also the emperor who was responsible for unifying Japan and establishing a centralized government.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Sakuramachi ranks 3,531 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Taizong of Liao, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Shimon bar Yochai, Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Lluís Llach, and Tigellinus. After him are Paul Kagame, Qutalmish, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Yusef of Morocco, Erhard Heiden, and Abdoulaye Wade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, Emperor Sakuramachi ranks 9. Before him are Philip, Duke of Parma, Charles Edward Stuart, Carlo Gozzi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. After him are Heraclius II of Georgia, Charles Bonnet, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon. Among people deceased in 1750, Emperor Sakuramachi ranks 5. Before him are Johann Sebastian Bach, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John V of Portugal, and Maurice de Saxe. After him are Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Rachel Ruysch, Giuseppe Sammartini, Vasily Tatishchev, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, and Apostolo Zeno.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Sakuramachi ranks 188 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Tenji (626), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Kōgen (-272), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Emperor Seimu (83), and Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535). After him are Emperor Kōtoku (596), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Emperor Antoku (1178), Kitarō (1953), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Sakuramachi ranks 66. Before him are Emperor Momozono (1741), Emperor Tenji (626), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Kōgen (-272), Emperor Seimu (83), and Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535). After him are Emperor Kōtoku (596), Emperor Antoku (1178), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), and Empress Genshō (680).

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