POLITICIAN

Ii Naosuke

1815 - 1860

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Ii Naosuke (井伊 直弼, November 29, 1815 – March 24, 1860) was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death, when he was assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident on March 24, 1860. He is most famous for signing the Harris Treaty with the United States, granting access to ports for trade to American merchants and seamen and extraterritoriality to American citizens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ii Naosuke has received more than 244,507 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ii Naosuke is the 8,415th most popular politician (down from 8,369th in 2019), the 670th most popular biography from Japan (up from 674th in 2019) and the 256th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ii Naosuke ranks 8,415 out of 19,576. Before him are Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Dmitry of Pereslavl, Amadeo Bordiga, Si Inthrathit, Vithimiris, and Iset. After him are Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Richard Thomalla, Emperor Mu of Jin, Apolinario Mabini, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, and Dost Mohammad Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ii Naosuke ranks 30. Before him are Anthony Trollope, Eugène Marin Labiche, Andrew Graham, Wilhelm Peters, Horace Wells, and George Meade. After him are Alexander von Middendorff, James Curtis Hepburn, Jean-Delphin Alard, Charles Renouvier, John A. Macdonald, and Seru Epenisa Cakobau. Among people deceased in 1860, Ii Naosuke ranks 22. Before him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Carl Ritter von Ghega, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Thomas Addison, and Johann Georg Christian Lehmann. After him are Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi, James Braid, and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ii Naosuke ranks 670 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Shogo Kamo (1915), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Machiko Kyō (1924), and Hidesaburō Ueno (1872). After him are Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Kazuhisa Kono (1950), Nakano Takeko (1847), Hayashi Razan (1583), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), and Katō Takaaki (1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ii Naosuke ranks 256. Before him are Sōsuke Uno (1922), Keisuke Okada (1868), Emperor Sanjō (976), Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865), Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), and Shigenori Tōgō (1882). After him are Katō Takaaki (1860), Gotō Shinpei (1857), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628), Shō Shin (1465), and Takako Shimazu (1939).

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