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Tanzan Ishibashi

1884 - 1973

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Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋 湛山, Ishibashi Tanzan, 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist, Nichiren Buddhist priest, and politician who was prime minister of Japan for two months from 1956 to 1957, before resigning due to illness. He simultaneously served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. From 1952 to 1968 he was also the president of Rissho University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tanzan Ishibashi has received more than 129,349 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Tanzan Ishibashi is the 9,096th most popular politician (down from 8,625th in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from Japan (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 269th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 9,096 out of 19,576. Before him are Yikuang, Khentkaus II, Son Ngoc Thanh, Ivica Račan, Vonones II, and Prince Louis Charles of Prussia. After him are James S. Sherman, George Koval, Gaius Lutatius Catulus, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Pharasmanes II of Iberia, and Daniel Inouye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 84. Before him are Ferdinand von Bredow, Corrado Gini, Rómulo Gallegos, Josias Braun-Blanquet, George Sarton, and Philipp Frank. After him are Axel Ljung, Gerald Gardner, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Jules Supervielle, James Alberione, and Claude Auchinleck. Among people deceased in 1973, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 110. Before him are Bobby Darin, Laurence Harvey, Dmytro Dontsov, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Gabriel Voisin, and Walter Krüger. After him are Paul van Zeeland, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Noël Coward, Joseph Szigeti, Salchak Toka, and Mirra Alfassa.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 731 out of 6,245. Before him are Ikki Kita (1883), Motoo Kimura (1924), Takao Nishiyama (1942), Masabumi Hosono (1870), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), and Harukichi Hyakutake (1888). After him are Donald Tsang (1944), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), George Ohsawa (1893), Kanō Eitoku (1543), and Hiroshi Inagaki (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tanzan Ishibashi ranks 269. Before him are Keisai Eisen (1790), Prince Morikuni (1301), Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), Shintaro Abe (1924), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), and Yamamoto Kansuke (1493). After him are Donald Tsang (1944), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Ōtomo Sōrin (1530), Prince Hisaaki (1276), and Atsuko Ikeda (1931).

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