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Ashikaga Yoshiaki

1537 - 1597

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Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭; 5 December 1537 – 19 October 1597) was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he staged a revolt and was overthrown. His father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, was the twelfth shōgun, and his brother, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was the thirteenth shōgun. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ashikaga Yoshiaki is the 3,838th most popular politician (up from 4,498th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Japan (up from 274th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 3,838 out of 19,576. Before him are Costas Simitis, Deiphobus, Isabella, Queen of Armenia, Empress Kōgyoku, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and Tutush I. After him are Heungseon Daewongun, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Herbert Backe, Alain Poher, and Ana Pauker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1537, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 6. Before him are Edward VI of England, Lady Jane Grey, John III of Sweden, Longqing Emperor, and João Manuel, Prince of Portugal. After him are Petrus Gonsalvus, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg, Francesco Barozzi, Simon I of Kartli, and Diego Durán. Among people deceased in 1597, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 10. Before him are Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Peter Canisius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Maharana Pratap, Joseph of Anchieta, and Franciscus Patricius. After him are Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, Gunilla Bielke, Luís Fróis, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Won Gyun.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 209 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Richū (336), Shiro Azumi (null), Emperor Kaika (-208), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), and Sakichi Toyoda (1867). After him are Syukuro Manabe (1931), Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), and Tsukasa Hosaka (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ranks 68. Before him are Emperor Tenji (626), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), Emperor Ōjin (210), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Emperor Richū (336), and Emperor Kaika (-208). After him are Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Emperor Seimu (83), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), and Emperor Kenzō (450).

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