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Imagawa Yoshimoto

1519 - 1560

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Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川 義元, 1519 – June 12, 1560) was a Japanese daimyō (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as The number one Daimyō in the Tōkaidō (海道一の弓取り, Kaidō-ichi no Yumitori); he was one of the three daimyō that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imagawa Yoshimoto has received more than 375,436 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Imagawa Yoshimoto is the 3,462nd most popular politician (up from 3,526th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Japan (down from 177th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Japanese Politician.

Imagawa Yoshimoto was a Japanese daimyo who is most famous for his failed invasion of the neighboring Owari Province in 1560.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 3,462 out of 19,576. Before him are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Hormizd II, Nikolai Tikhonov, Sigismund Báthory, Cleopatra Thea, and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. After him are Robert Kocharyan, Odo the Great, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Daji, Paul Deschanel, and Frederick II, Elector of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 10. Before him are Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gaspard II de Coligny, Francis, Duke of Guise, Theodore Beza, Isabella Jagiellon, and Occhiali. After him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Andrea Cesalpino, Antonis Mor, Thomas Gresham, Frans Floris, and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Among people deceased in 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 8. Before him are Gustav I of Sweden, Philip Melanchthon, Andrea Doria, Mary of Guise, Anastasia Romanovna, and Bartolommeo Bandinelli. After him are Joachim du Bellay, Stańczyk, Jan Mandijn, Melchor Cano, Jan Łaski, and Nicolas Gombert.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 178 out of 6,245. Before him are Syukuro Manabe (1931), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), and Yohji Yamamoto (1943). After him are Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Momozono (1741), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Emperor Tenji (626), Katsura Tarō (1848), and Emperor Kōgen (-272).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Imagawa Yoshimoto ranks 58. Before him are Emperor Kaika (-208), Emperor Tenmu (631), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Emperor Suinin (-69), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), and Yasuo Fukuda (1936). After him are Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Momozono (1741), Emperor Tenji (626), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Kōgen (-272), and Emperor Seimu (83).

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