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Hosokawa Gracia

1563 - 1600

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Akechi Tama (明智たま, Akechi Tama), usually referred to as Hosokawa Gracia (細川ガラシャ, Hosokawa Garasha), (1563 – 25 August 1600) was a member of the aristocratic Akechi family from the Sengoku period. Gracia is best known for her role in the Battle of Sekigahara; she was considered to be a political hostage to the Western army led by Ishida Mitsunari. She retracted from committing suicide because of her Catholic faith, breaking the code of conduct imposed on women of the samurai class. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hosokawa Gracia has received more than 900,712 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hosokawa Gracia is the 7,134th most popular politician (up from 8,103rd in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Japan (up from 649th in 2019) and the 230th most popular Japanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

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  • 56.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hosokawa Gracia ranks 7,134 out of 19,576. Before her are Elizabeth of Görlitz, Mandane of Media, Virginia de' Medici, Aretas IV Philopatris, Herbert Pitman, and Berenice. After her are Trygve Bratteli, George V of Georgia, Tyrimmas of Macedon, Francis I, Duke of Brittany, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and Armand Călinescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Hosokawa Gracia ranks 10. Before her are Johannes Althusius, Mavro Orbini, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Guru Arjan, Andrew Báthory, and Jodocus Hondius. After her are Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Katō Yoshiaki, Franciscus Gomarus, and Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury. Among people deceased in 1600, Hosokawa Gracia ranks 11. Before her are Catharina van Hemessen, Bâkî, Konishi Yukinaga, José de Acosta, Luis de Molina, and Gaspar de Lemos. After her are Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Balthasar Russow, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, and Joris Hoefnagel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hosokawa Gracia ranks 557 out of 6,245. Before her are Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Ankō Itosu (1831), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), and Ken Kutaragi (1950). After her are Gosho Aoyama (1963), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kiyosi Itô (1915), Emperor Horikawa (1079), Hibari Misora (1937), and Hiroshi Amano (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Hosokawa Gracia ranks 230. Before her are Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Takeo Miki (1907), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), and Jiro Taniguchi (1947). After her are Emperor Horikawa (1079), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Emperor Suzaku (923), Emperor Murakami (926), and Yamada Nagamasa (1590).

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