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Emperor Kōkaku

1771 - 1840

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Morohito (Japanese: 師仁; 23 September 1771 – 11 December 1840), posthumously honored as Emperor Kōkaku (光格天皇, Kōkaku-tennō), was the 119th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōkaku reigned from 1779 until his abdication in 1817 in favor of his son, Emperor Ninkō. After his abdication, he ruled as Daijō Tennō (太上天皇; Abdicated Emperor) also known as a Jōkō (上皇) until his death in 1840. The next emperor to abdicate was Akihito, 202 years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emperor Kōkaku is the 1,625th most popular politician (down from 1,380th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Japan (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Kōkaku is most famous for his role in the Meiji Restoration.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 1,625 out of 19,576. Before him are Yang Guifei, Francis, Duke of Guise, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Reuven Rivlin, Pepin the Hunchback, and Moshe Katsav. After him are Horst Köhler, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Xianfeng Emperor, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Magnus I of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 4. Before him are Walter Scott, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and Robert Owen. After him are Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Richard Trevithick, Julie Clary, Antoine-Jean Gros, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Alois Senefelder, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, and Marie François Xavier Bichat. Among people deceased in 1840, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 6. Before him are Niccolò Paganini, Caspar David Friedrich, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Frederick William III of Prussia, and Siméon Denis Poisson. After him are Lucien Bonaparte, Jacques MacDonald, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, and Dingane kaSenzangakhona.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 54 out of 6,245. Before him are Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Takeda Shingen (1521), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), and Emperor Ninkō (1800). After him are Olivia de Havilland (1916), Hideki Yukawa (1907), Takashi Kasahara (1918), Emperor Suizei (-669), Natsume Sōseki (1867), and Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Kōkaku ranks 16. Before him are Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Takeda Shingen (1521), and Emperor Ninkō (1800). After him are Emperor Suizei (-669), Koxinga (1624), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), and Emperor Momozono (1741).

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