MILITARY PERSONNEL

Taira no Masakado

903 - 940

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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 395,440 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Taira no Masakado is the 588th most popular military personnel (up from 732nd in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Japan (up from 477th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Taira no Masakado ranks 588 out of 2,058. Before him are Elyesa Bazna, John Hanning Speke, Gusztáv Jány, Milunka Savić, Anton Dostler, and Joseph Gallieni. After him are Henri Gatien Bertrand, Günther Blumentritt, Johan Banér, Walter Krüger, Husband E. Kimmel, and Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours.

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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 1. After him are Ar-Radi, Ibn Muqla, Eutychius of Alexandria, and Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Taira no Masakado ranks 354 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideo Sakai (1909), Emperor Go-Toba (1180), Toshio Suzuki (1948), Takashi Kasahara (1918), Sadaharu Oh (1940), and Kazuyoshi Nakamura (1955). After him are Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Rokujō (1164), Yasuo Takamori (1934), and Hideaki Anno (1960).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Taira no Masakado ranks 35. Before him are Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Kawakami Gensai (1834), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Saburō Sakai (1916), and Kenji Doihara (1883). After him are Takeichi Nishi (1902), Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), Sadao Araki (1877), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), and Nobutake Kondō (1886).

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