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Taira no Kiyomori

1118 - 1181

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Taira no Kiyomori (平 清盛, 1118 – March 20, 1181) was a military leader and kugyō of the late Heian period of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taira no Kiyomori has received more than 355,008 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Taira no Kiyomori is the 3,474th most popular politician (down from 2,914th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Japan (down from 136th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Japanese Politician.

Taira no Kiyomori is most famous for being the founder of the Heian period.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Taira no Kiyomori ranks 3,474 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Nouri al-Maliki, Abimelech, Al-Ashraf Khalil, Vasily Blokhin, and Theresa, Countess of Portugal. After him are Albert Azaryan, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Xiao He, Chen Duxiu, Francesco Morosini, and Yeon Gaesomun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1118, Taira no Kiyomori ranks 3. Before him are Manuel I Komnenos, and Andronikos I Komnenos. After him are Ahmad al-Rifaʽi, Saigyō, Odo II, Duke of Burgundy, and Ioveta. Among people deceased in 1181, Taira no Kiyomori ranks 2. Before him is Pope Alexander III. After him are Henry I, Count of Champagne, As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, Emperor Takakura, Mahsati, Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence, Adela of Meissen, and Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Taira no Kiyomori ranks 179 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), Yohji Yamamoto (1943), and Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519). After him are Emperor Momozono (1741), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Emperor Tenji (626), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Kōgen (-272), and Sen no Rikyū (1522).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Taira no Kiyomori ranks 59. Before him are Emperor Tenmu (631), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Emperor Suinin (-69), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), and Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519). After him are Emperor Momozono (1741), Emperor Tenji (626), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Kōgen (-272), Emperor Seimu (83), and Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535).

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