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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maeda Toshiie has received more than 351,541 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Maeda Toshiie is the 4,736th most popular politician (up from 4,881st in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Japan (down from 289th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maeda Toshiie ranks 4,736 out of 19,576. Before him are Gudfred, Perdiccas I of Macedon, Emperor Wuzong of Tang, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Fruela I of Asturias, and Gajah Mada. After him are Birsa Munda, Peter von Biron, Giuseppe Conte, Iltutmish, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Robert Maxwell.

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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, Matija Gubec, Diane de France, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Louis of Nassau, Hōjō Ujimasa, and Ashikaga Yoshihide. Among people deceased in 1599, Maeda Toshiie ranks 4. Before him are Beatrice Cenci, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and Edmund Spenser. After him are Luca Marenzio, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Francisco Guerrero, and Simone Peterzano.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Maeda Toshiie ranks 299 out of 6,245. Before him are Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Emperor Yūryaku (418), Akira Nozawa (1914), Chūya Nakahara (1907), and Kunitaka Sueoka (1917). After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Empress Masako (1963), Akira Kitaguchi (1935), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442), and Emperor Sushun (520).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Maeda Toshiie ranks 122. Before him are Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Emperor Bidatsu (538), Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), and Emperor Yūryaku (418). After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Empress Masako (1963), Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442), Emperor Sushun (520), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), and Emperor Fushimi (1265).

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