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Kusunoki Masashige

1294 - 1336

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Kusunoki Masashige (楠木 正成, 1294 – 4 July 1336) was a Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal loyal samurai. Kusunoki fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore power in Japan to the Imperial Court. Kusunoki was a leading figure of the Kenmu Restoration in 1333, and remained loyal to the unpopular Emperor Go-Daigo after Ashikaga Takauji began to reverse the restoration in the Nanboku-chō wars three years later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kusunoki Masashige has received more than 449,819 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kusunoki Masashige is the 5,702nd most popular politician (up from 6,036th in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Japan (up from 482nd in 2019) and the 157th most popular Japanese Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kusunoki Masashige ranks 5,702 out of 15,577. Before him are Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Ōyama Iwao, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Agatha Barbara, Sheng Shicai, and Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko. After him are Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Neeme Järvi, Wilhelm Zaisser, Htin Kyaw, Peire de Montagut, and Tudhaliya II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1294, Kusunoki Masashige ranks 2. Before him is Charles IV of France. After him are John, Duke of Durazzo, Simonida, Chungsuk of Goryeo, Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, John of Montfort, Hugh IV of Cyprus, and Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut. Among people deceased in 1336, Kusunoki Masashige ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth of Portugal, Alfonso IV of Aragon, and Emperor Go-Fushimi. After him are John, Duke of Durazzo, Ramon Muntaner, Lancelotto Malocello, Arpa Ke'un, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, Cino da Pistoia, and Edward I, Count of Bar.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kusunoki Masashige ranks 388 out of 6,048. Before him are Saitō Makoto (1858), Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Emperor Rokujō (1164), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), Ōyama Iwao (1842), and Dom Justo Takayama (1552). After him are Otozō Yamada (1881), Takashi Kasahara (1918), Yasukazu Tanaka (1933), Fukusaburo Harada (null), Sadao Araki (1877), and Emperor Chōkei (1343).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kusunoki Masashige ranks 157. Before him are Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), Saitō Makoto (1858), Emperor Rokujō (1164), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), and Ōyama Iwao (1842). After him are Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Emperor Heizei (773), Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), and Tokugawa Iesada (1824).

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