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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Saigō Takamori

1828 - 1877

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Saigō Takamori (Takanaga) (西鄕 隆盛 (隆永), January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877) was a Japanese samurai and nobleman. He was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Living during the late Edo and early Meiji periods, he later led the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saigō Takamori has received more than 2,059,881 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Saigō Takamori is the 147th most popular military personnel (down from 119th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Japan (down from 36th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Saigō Takamori is most famous for his role in the Meiji Restoration. He was a samurai who was instrumental in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the establishment of the Meiji government.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Saigō Takamori ranks 147 out of 1,468Before him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Louis, Grand Condé, Dong Zhuo, Miloš Obilić, Chester W. Nimitz, and Jean Lannes. After him are Franz Halder, Friedrich Olbricht, Dragut, Paul Hausser, Ferdinand Schörner, and Yūsuf Balasaguni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Saigō Takamori ranks 8Before him are Jules Verne, Henry Dunant, Henrik Ibsen, Randal Cremer, Rani of Jhansi, and Hippolyte Taine. After him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Charbel Makhlouf, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Louise of the Netherlands, Albert Marth, and Albert of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1877, Saigō Takamori ranks 4Before him are Gustave Courbet, Brigham Young, and Adolphe Thiers. After him are Urbain Le Verrier, Crazy Horse, Henry Fox Talbot, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Hermann Grassmann.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saigō Takamori ranks 45 out of 6,048Before him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Hiroshige (1797), Takeshi Kitano (1947), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771). After him are Itō Hirobumi (1841), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Takeda Shingen (1521), Utamaro (1753), and Isao Takahata (1935).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Saigō Takamori ranks 6Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Hiroo Onoda (1922), and Hattori Hanzō (1542). After him are Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Date Masamune (1567), and Tōgō Heihachirō (1848).