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Asakura Yoshikage

1533 - 1573

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Asakura Yoshikage (朝倉 義景; October 12, 1533 – September 16, 1573) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period (1467–1603) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. He was a regent of Ashikaga Shogunate. Yoshikage's conflicts with Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) resulted in his death and the destruction of the Asakura clan and its castle, Ichijōdani Castle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asakura Yoshikage is the 11,009th most popular politician (down from 10,527th in 2019), the 921st most popular biography from Japan (down from 861st in 2019) and the 291st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Asakura Yoshikage ranks 11,009 out of 19,576. Before him are Abigail Fillmore, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Sigismund Rákóczi, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, P. Chidambaram, and Yaqub-Har. After him are Pavel Dybenko, Henri Namphy, Artavasdes I of Armenia, Agim Çeku, Damat Ferid Pasha, and Andrea Contarini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Asakura Yoshikage ranks 23. Before him are Antonio Possevino, Joachim Beuckelaer, Cornelis Cort, Eknath, Anna van Egmont, and Ōmura Sumitada. After him are Valentin Weigel, and David Rizzio. Among people deceased in 1573, Asakura Yoshikage ranks 16. Before him are Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Antun Vrančić, Michel de l'Hôpital, Étienne Jodelle, Joachim Beuckelaer, and Malyuta Skuratov. After him is Laurentius Petri.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Asakura Yoshikage ranks 921 out of 6,245. Before him are Kabayama Sukenori (1837), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Satoshi Yamaguchi (1959), Seijun Suzuki (1923), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), and Hiroshi Ninomiya (1937). After him are Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Jirō Minami (1874), Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948), Katsuyuki Kawachi (1955), and Ken Shimura (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Asakura Yoshikage ranks 291. Before him are Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Tsuda Umeko (1864), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407), Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866), and Kabayama Sukenori (1837). After him are Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Kyuichi Tokuda (1894), Nakayama Yoshiko (1836), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), and Tokugawa Nariaki (1800).

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