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Emperor Go-Sai

1638 - 1685

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Nagahito (Japanese: 良仁), posthumously honored as Emperor Go-Sai (後西天皇, Go-Sai-tennō; January 1, 1638 – March 22, 1685), also known as Emperor Go-Saiin (後西院天皇, Go-Saiin-tennō), was the 111th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Sai's reign spanned the years from 1655 through 1663. This 17th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Junna and go- (後), translates as later, and thus, he could have been called the "Later Emperor Junna". Emperor Go-Sai could not pass the throne onto his descendants. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emperor Go-Sai is the 3,342nd most popular politician (down from 2,820th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Japan (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Go-sai is most famous for his decision to abandon Kyoto and the imperial court in order to set up a new capital in Tokyo, which was then called Edo. This decision was made after the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 3,342 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdirashid Shermarke, Eleanor de' Medici, Musa Çelebi, Laurent Gbagbo, Shamshi-Adad I, and Louis Desaix. After him are Alfonso I of Asturias, Shalmaneser V, Lucius Vitellius the Elder, Empress Genshō, Colin Powell, and Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 7. Before him are Louis XIV of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, Shunzhi Emperor, Nicolas Malebranche, Nicolas Steno, and Zeb-un-Nissa. After him are Catherine of Braganza, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Elisabetta Sirani, Meindert Hobbema, James Gregory, and Frederik Ruysch. Among people deceased in 1685, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 4. Before him are Charles II of England, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Adriaen van Ostade, John Pell, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Thomas Otway, and Francisco Herrera the Younger.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 159 out of 6,245. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Yasuo Takamori (1934), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Shoichi Nishimura (1912), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), and Masao Uchino (1934). After him are Empress Genshō (680), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Takashi Furukawa (1981), Shunroku Hata (1879), Emperor Sujin (-147), and Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Go-Sai ranks 52. Before him are Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Kōrei (-341), Tarō Asō (1940), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), and Ashikaga Takauji (1305). After him are Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Sujin (-147), Issey Miyake (1938), Kuniaki Koiso (1880), Emperor Suinin (-69), and Emperor Kōtoku (596).

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