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Maeda Toshiie

1538 - 1599

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Maeda Toshiie (前田 利家; January 15, 1538 – April 27, 1599) was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左衛門) being his common name. He was a member of the so-called Echizen Sanninshu (Echizen Triumvir) along with Sassa Narimasa and Fuwa Mitsuharu. The highest rank from the court that he received is the Great Counselor Dainagon (大納言). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Maeda Toshiie is the 5,100th most popular politician (down from 4,735th in 2024), the 365th most popular biography from Japan (down from 299th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maeda Toshiie ranks 5,100 out of 19,576. Before him are García Sánchez I of Pamplona, Gojong of Goryeo, Taishi Ci, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, and Peter von Biron. After him are András Hadik, Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Anna of Sweden, Emperor Go-Saga, and Kakuei Tanaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1538, Maeda Toshiie ranks 4. Before him are Charles Borromeo, Christopher Clavius, and Caesar Baronius. After him are Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Diane de France, Matija Gubec, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Hōjō Ujimasa, Louis of Nassau, and Ashikaga Yoshihide. Among people deceased in 1599, Maeda Toshiie ranks 5. Before him are Beatrice Cenci, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Edmund Spenser, and Luca Marenzio. After him are Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Chand Bibi, Menocchio, Eknath, and Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Maeda Toshiie ranks 365 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Sada Abe (1905), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), Hiroshi Saeki (1936), Kōichirō Matsuura (1937), and Ono no Komachi (825). After him are Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Setsuko Hara (1920), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), Emperor Tenmu (631), and Hideo Kojima (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Maeda Toshiie ranks 115. Before him are Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), Kōki Hirota (1878), Emperor Kanmu (737), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), and Kōichirō Matsuura (1937). After him are Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), Emperor Tenmu (631), Amakusa Shirō (1621), and Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212).

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