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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 317,646 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Taira no Kiyomori is the 2,923rd most popular politician (up from 3,154th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Japan (up from 140th in 2019) and the 41st 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 2,923 out of 15,577Before him are Humbert I, Count of Savoy, Zhang Zuolin, John Sherman, Gordian II, Thusnelda, and Gudrun Burwitz. After him are Louise of Lorraine, Sancho Ramírez, Alfonso IV of Aragon, Emperor Yuan of Han, Zoran Đinđić, and Herbert Backe.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Taira no Kiyomori ranks 136 out of 6,048Before him are Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Issei Sagawa (1949), Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Emperor Suinin (-69), Junko Tabei (1939), and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906). After him are Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Emperor Kōgen (-272), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), and Emperor Kaika (-208).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Taira no Kiyomori ranks 41Before him are Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Reigen (1654), Emperor Momozono (1741), Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Kōrei (-341), and Emperor Suinin (-69). After him are Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Emperor Kōgen (-272), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Emperor Kaika (-208), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), and Junichiro Koizumi (1942).