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Kuroda Kiyotaka

1840 - 1900

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Count Kuroda Kiyotaka (黒田 清隆, 9 November 1840 – 23 August 1900) was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889. He was one of the genrō, or senior statesman of the Meiji era. Born in the Satsuma Domain to a samurai family, Kuroda was involved in the colonization of Hokkaido, the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876, and the suppression of the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kuroda Kiyotaka has received more than 164,496 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Kuroda Kiyotaka is the 5,175th most popular politician (up from 5,520th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Japan (up from 369th in 2019) and the 145th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kuroda Kiyotaka ranks 5,175 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, Perdiccas II of Macedon, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Mstislav II of Kiev, and Emperor Go-Saga. After him are Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Pithana, Mitt Romney, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden, Edmond Debeaumarché, and Psammuthes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Kuroda Kiyotaka ranks 26. Before him are Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Edward Whymper, Hiram Maxim, Giovanni Verga, and Hans Makart. After him are Sisowath of Cambodia, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, August Leskien, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Johan Svendsen, and Namık Kemal. Among people deceased in 1900, Kuroda Kiyotaka ranks 26. Before him are Mary Kingsley, Isaac Levitan, Francis, Duke of Teck, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, and Birsa Munda. After him are Armand David, Samori Ture, Princess Josephine of Baden, Joseph Bertrand, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kuroda Kiyotaka ranks 347 out of 6,245. Before him are Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Emperor Chōkei (1343), Kiyonosuke Marutani (null), and Emperor Go-Saga (1220). After him are Hideo Sakai (1909), Emperor Go-Toba (1180), Toshio Suzuki (1948), Takashi Kasahara (1918), Sadaharu Oh (1940), and Kazuyoshi Nakamura (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kuroda Kiyotaka ranks 145. Before him are Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Emperor Chōkei (1343), and Emperor Go-Saga (1220). After him are Emperor Go-Toba (1180), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Rokujō (1164), Emperor Kōbun (648), Emperor Konoe (1139), and Emperor Nijō (1143).

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