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Yoshida Shōin

1830 - 1859

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Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰; Japanese pronunciation: [jo.ɕi.da (|) ɕoꜜː.iɴ], born Sugi Toranosuke (杉 寅之助); September 20, 1830 – November 21, 1859), commonly named Torajirō (寅次郎), was one of Japan's most distinguished intellectuals in the late years of the Tokugawa shogunate. He devoted himself to nurturing many ishin shishi who in turn made major contributions to the Meiji Restoration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshida Shōin is the 7,478th most popular politician (down from 6,800th in 2024), the 631st most popular biography from Japan (down from 525th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yoshida Shōin ranks 7,478 out of 19,576. Before him are Lala Lajpat Rai, Gengshi Emperor, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Eugene Meyer, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, and Ukita Hideie. After him are Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Barbara Jagiellon, Myeongjong of Goryeo, Kassim Majaliwa, Starina Novak, and Mitch McConnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Yoshida Shōin ranks 35. Before him are Samori Ture, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Carmine Crocco, François-Marie Raoult, Aga Khan II, and Theodor Leschetizky. After him are Henry Bird, Alexei Savrasov, Albert Bierstadt, Guido Gezelle, Christina Rossetti, and Henry Flagler. Among people deceased in 1859, Yoshida Shōin ranks 31. Before him are Carl Adolph Agardh, John Austin, Tatya Tope, Robert Stephenson, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, and Joseph Diez Gergonne. After him are Alfred Vail, Zygmunt Krasiński, Karl Baedeker, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, William Cranch Bond, and Sergey Aksakov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshida Shōin ranks 631 out of 6,245. Before him are Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), Takeo Miki (1907), Korechika Anami (1887), Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), and Ukita Hideie (1573). After him are Takayuki Kuwata (1941), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Yoshitoshi (1839), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), and Gunpei Yokoi (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yoshida Shōin ranks 223. Before him are Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), Takeo Miki (1907), Korechika Anami (1887), and Ukita Hideie (1573). After him are Emperor Nijō (1143), Sen Katayama (1859), Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), and Emperor Horikawa (1079).

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