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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Taira no Masakado

903 - 940

Taira no Masakado

Taira no Masakado (平将門, died March 25, 940) was a Heian period provincial magnate (gōzoku) and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taira no Masakado has received more than 341,377 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Taira no Masakado is the 732nd most popular military personnel (down from 707th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Japan (up from 525th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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1.74
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Taira no Masakado ranks 732 out of 1,468. Before him are Heinrich Eberbach, Iona Yakir, Alexander Marinesko, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friedrich Hossbach, and Jack Churchill. After him are Heinz Hitler, Aimable Pélissier, Adem Jashari, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Hermann von Eichhorn.

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Taira no Masakado
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HPI: 56.49
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 903, Taira no Masakado ranks 2. Before him is Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi. Among people deceased in 940, Taira no Masakado ranks 2. Before him is Ar-Radi. After him are Ibn Muqla, Eutychius of Alexandria, and Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria.