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Ōkubo Toshimichi

1830 - 1878

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Ōkubo Toshimichi (大久保 利通) (26 September 1830 – 14 May 1878) was a Japanese statesman and one of the Three Great Nobles regarded as the main founders of modern Japan. Ōkubo was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain and joined the movement to overthrow the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. Upon the founding of the new Empire of Japan, Ōkubo became a leading member of the Meiji Restoration and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōkubo Toshimichi has received more than 368,078 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ōkubo Toshimichi is the 4,163rd most popular politician (down from 3,736th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Japan (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular Japanese Politician.

Ōkubo Toshimichi was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain. He was a leader in the Meiji Restoration and is most famous for his role in the abolition of the shogunate.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 4,163 out of 15,577Before him are Andrea Gritti, Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Lenín Moreno, Tonyukuk, Gisela of Swabia, and Touman. After him are Emperor Keitai, Áed mac Cináeda, Artabanus IV of Parthia, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Şehzade Mahmud, and Wim Kok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 20Before him are Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, Étienne-Jules Marey, Élisée Reclus, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, and Frederic Leighton. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Jules de Goncourt, Samori Ture, and Albert Bierstadt. Among people deceased in 1878, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 16Before him are George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Elias Magnus Fries, and Angelo Secchi. After him are Antoine César Becquerel, Mercedes of Orléans, Mariam Baouardy, Henri Victor Regnault, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, and Carl von Rokitansky.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 226 out of 6,048Before him are Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853), Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Hanzei (336), and Masatoshi Koshiba (1926). After him are Leo Esaki (1925), Emperor Seinei (444), Shunichi Kumai (1910), Shunroku Hata (1879), Nogi Maresuke (1849), and Go Nagai (1945).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ōkubo Toshimichi ranks 85Before him are Emperor Ankō (401), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Emperor Ninken (449), Emperor Senka (467), and Emperor Hanzei (336). After him are Emperor Seinei (444), Issey Miyake (1938), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), and Mōri Motonari (1497).