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Emperor Ōgimachi

1517 - 1593

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Emperor Ōgimachi (正親町天皇, Ōgimachi-tennō; June 18, 1517 – February 6, 1593) was the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from November 17, 1557, to his abdication on December 17, 1586, corresponding to the transition between the Sengoku period of the Muromachi bakufu and the dawn of the new Azuchi–Momoyama period. His personal name was Michihito (方仁). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Emperor Ōgimachi is the 4,023rd most popular politician (down from 3,268th in 2024). (down from 397th in 2019)

In the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate was in power. Emperor ōgimachi was the first Tokugawa emperor and was most famous for his political reforms.

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Among politicians, Emperor Ōgimachi ranks 4,023 out of 19,576. Before him are William II of Württemberg, Tancredo Neves, Liu Bian, Ptahhotep, Christian Michelsen, and Gevherhan Sultan. After him are Shapur III, Ramiro II of León, Gotthard Kettler, Joseph Berchtold, Nakşidil Sultan, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry.

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Among people born in 1517, Emperor Ōgimachi ranks 2. Before him is Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk. After him are Gotthard Kettler, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, Gioseffo Zarlino, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Rembert Dodoens, Li Shizhen, Pierre Belon, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, and Jacques Pelletier du Mans. Among people deceased in 1593, Emperor Ōgimachi ranks 3. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and Christopher Marlowe. After him are Juan de Herrera, Li Shizhen, Jacques Amyot, Maciej Stryjkowski, Symon Budny, Xu Wei, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Hans Bol, and Abd al-Samad.

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