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Emperor Kōmei

1831 - 1867

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Osahito (22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867), posthumously honored as Emperor Kōmei, was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867, corresponding to the final years of the Edo period. During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Matthew C. Perry in 1853 and 1854, and the subsequent forced re-opening of Japan to Western nations, ending a 220-year period of national seclusion. Emperor Kōmei did not care much for anything foreign, and he opposed opening Japan to Western powers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emperor Kōmei is the 1,173rd most popular politician (down from 1,083rd in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 38th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Politician.

Emperor Kōmei was most famous for being the emperor of Japan during the Meiji Restoration. He was the emperor during the time when Japan went from being a feudal society to a modernized nation.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Kōmei ranks 1,173 out of 19,576. Before him are Eduard Bernstein, Leo VI the Wise, Asa of Judah, Nebra, Maximilian II of Bavaria, and Ancus Marcius. After him are Al-Walid I, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Viktor Orbán, Abdullah I of Jordan, Marie Louise d’Orléans, and Dagobert I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Emperor Kōmei ranks 7. Before him are James Clerk Maxwell, John Stith Pemberton, Frederick III, German Emperor, Helena Blavatsky, Sitting Bull, and James A. Garfield. After him are Richard Dedekind, Xianfeng Emperor, Savitribai Phule, Leo von Caprivi, Lucy Webb Hayes, and Cheoljong of Joseon. Among people deceased in 1867, Emperor Kōmei ranks 6. Before him are Michael Faraday, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Charles Baudelaire, Maximilian I of Mexico, and Otto of Greece. After him are Sakamoto Ryōma, Théodore Rousseau, Franz Bopp, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Maria Theresa of Austria, and Prince William of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 33 out of 6,245. Before him are Lee Myung-bak (1941), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kanō Jigorō (1860), and Yayoi Kusama (1929). After him are Hattori Hanzō (1542), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Isao Takahata (1935), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Saigō Takamori (1828), and Hiroshige (1797).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Emperor Kōmei ranks 9. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Hideki Tojo (1884), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), and Lee Myung-bak (1941). After him are Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Takeda Shingen (1521), and Emperor Ninkō (1800).

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