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Amakusa Shirō

1621 - 1638

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Masuda Shirō Tokisada (益田 四郎 時貞; c. 1621? – 28 February 1638), also known as Amakusa Shirō (天草 四郎), was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate. His Christian name was Geronimo and was later known as Francisco. The uprising led by Shirō was defeated, and he was executed at the age of 17. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amakusa Shirō is the 5,142nd most popular politician (down from 4,080th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 231st in 2019) and the 119th most popular Japanese Politician.

Amakusa Shirō is most famous for leading the Shimabara Rebellion of 1637-38, which was the last major uprising against the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amakusa Shirō ranks 5,142 out of 19,576. Before him are Bagoas, Adad-nirari II, Ar-Rashid, Heo Jeong, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan. After him are Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Sancho VII of Navarre, Julia the Younger, Najib Razak, Andrus Ansip, and James E. Webb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Amakusa Shirō ranks 4. Before him are Jean de La Fontaine, Louis, Grand Condé, and George II Rákóczi. After him are Thomas Willis, Petar Zrinski, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Allaert van Everdingen, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, and Isaac van Ostade. Among people deceased in 1638, Amakusa Shirō ranks 9. Before him are Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Adriaen Brouwer, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Peter Minuit, Ivan Gundulić, and Johannes Althusius. After him are Willem Blaeu, Cornelis van Haarlem, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Cyril Lucaris, and Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Amakusa Shirō ranks 372 out of 6,245. Before him are Setsuko Hara (1920), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), Emperor Tenmu (631), Hideo Kojima (1963), and Minoru Kobata (1946). After him are Shunichi Kumai (1910), Sachi Kagawa (null), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Toshio Iwatani (1925), and Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Amakusa Shirō ranks 119. Before him are Kōichirō Matsuura (1937), Maeda Toshiie (1538), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), and Emperor Tenmu (631). After him are Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Mōri Motonari (1497), Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), and Emperor Kōbun (648).

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