MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ōtani Yoshitsugu

1559 - 1600

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Ōtani Yoshitsugu (大谷 吉継, 1558 or 1565 – October 21, 1600) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title Junior Assistant Minister of Justice or Gyōbu-shōyū (刑部少輔). He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtomo Sōrin or Rokkaku Yoshikata. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōtani Yoshitsugu has received more than 214,533 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ōtani Yoshitsugu is the 829th most popular military personnel (down from 820th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 573rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ōtani Yoshitsugu has had the most page views in the with 556,074 views, followed by English (41,409), and Chinese (30,812). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (161.41%), German (131.88%), and Thai (130.28%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ōtani Yoshitsugu ranks 829 out of 2,058. Before him are Ludwig Crüwell, Artabazos I of Phrygia, David Farragut, Walter Weiß, Eduard Roschmann, and Henri Gouraud. After him are Chabrias, Walter Heitz, Sylvester Stadler, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Ivan Panfilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1559, Ōtani Yoshitsugu ranks 7. Before him are Nurhaci, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Ishida Mitsunari, Lawrence of Brindisi, and Catherine de Bourbon. After him are Cigoli, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Isaac Casaubon, and George Chapman. Among people deceased in 1600, Ōtani Yoshitsugu ranks 12. Before him are Bâkî, Konishi Yukinaga, José de Acosta, Luis de Molina, Gaspar de Lemos, and Hosokawa Gracia. After him are Jerzy Radziwiłł, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Balthasar Russow, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, Joris Hoefnagel, and Claude Le Jeune.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōtani Yoshitsugu ranks 583 out of 6,245. Before him are Masako Nozawa (1936), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Ken Takakura (1931), Kinjiro Shimizu (null), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), and Yamada Nagamasa (1590). After him are Nitobe Inazō (1862), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Emperor Reizei (949), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Toshio Iwatani (1925), and Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Ōtani Yoshitsugu ranks 53. Before him are Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Otozō Yamada (1881), Seiichi Itō (1890), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Shibata Katsuie (1522), and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758). After him are Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Hiroshi Ōshima (1886), Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), and Takeo Takagi (1892).

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