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Ishikawa Goemon

1558 - 1594

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Ishikawa Goemon (石川 五右衛門, Ishikawa Goemon, August 24, 1558 – October 8, 1594) was the leader of a group of bandits during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. Over time, and especially during the Edo period (1603-1867), his life and deeds became a center of attention, and he became known as a legendary Japanese outlaw hero who stole gold and other valuables to give to the poor. He and his son were boiled alive in public after their failed assassination attempt on the Sengoku period warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ishikawa Goemon has received more than 1,106,304 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ishikawa Goemon is the 108th most popular social activist (up from 141st in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Japan (up from 219th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Social Activist.

Ishikawa Goemon was a famous thief who stole from the rich and gave to the poor.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ishikawa Goemon ranks 108 out of 840. Before him are Louise Michel, Leila Khaled, Kasturba Gandhi, Syed Ahmad Khan, Jody Williams, and Bugsy Siegel. After him are Narges Mohammadi, Nat Turner, Vlado Chernozemski, René Cassin, An Jung-geun, and Frank Costello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Ishikawa Goemon ranks 3. Before him are Michael the Brave, and Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria. After him are Hendrik Goltzius, Ligdan Khan, Oda Nobutaka, Olivier van Noort, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Thomas Kyd, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Chen Jiru. Among people deceased in 1594, Ishikawa Goemon ranks 5. Before him are Gerardus Mercator, Tintoretto, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Orlande de Lassus. After him are Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Martin Frobisher, Bálint Balassi, Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, Girolamo Mei, and William Allen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ishikawa Goemon ranks 147 out of 6,245. Before him are Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Makoto Kobayashi (1944), Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), and Emperor Sujin (-147). After him are Emperor Kanmu (737), Emperor Kōrei (-341), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Issey Miyake (1938), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), and Kenzō Takada (1939).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Japan

Among social activists born in Japan, Ishikawa Goemon ranks 3. Before him are Sadako Sasaki (1943), and Sakamoto Ryōma (1836). After him are Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Kōtoku Shūsui (1871), Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Megumi Yokota (1964), and Akira Amano (1973).

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