POLITICIAN

Yoshida Shōin

1830 - 1859

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Yoshida Shōin (吉田松陰, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshida Shōin has received more than 232,300 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Yoshida Shōin is the 6,805th most popular politician (up from 7,869th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from Japan (up from 628th in 2019) and the 216th most popular Japanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yoshida Shōin ranks 6,805 out of 19,576. Before him are Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Tiridates III of Parthia, Korechika Anami, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, and Orodes III of Parthia. After him are George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Thibaw Min, Robert Surcouf, Pylyp Orlyk, Tarmashirin, and Edmund the Martyr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Yoshida Shōin ranks 28. Before him are Frederic Leighton, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Adèle Hugo, Karl Goldmark, and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. After him are Theodor Leschetizky, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, François-Marie Raoult, Alexei Savrasov, Carmine Crocco, and Henry Flagler. Among people deceased in 1859, Yoshida Shōin ranks 25. Before him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, John Austin, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Alfred Vail, and Carl Adolph Agardh. After him are Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Louis Poinsot, Robert Stephenson, Karl Baedeker, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, and Zygmunt Krasiński.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshida Shōin ranks 525 out of 6,245. Before him are Shō Tai (1843), Hisao Kami (1941), Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Korechika Anami (1887), Kiyoo Kanda (1900), and Shinran (1173). After him are Emperor En'yū (959), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), and Masao Nozawa (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yoshida Shōin ranks 216. Before him are Emperor Yōzei (867), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Fujiwara no Kamatari (614), Emperor Shirakawa (1053), Shō Tai (1843), and Korechika Anami (1887). After him are Emperor En'yū (959), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), Emperor Junnin (733), and Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867).

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