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Hōjō Ujiyasu

1515 - 1571

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Hōjō Ujiyasu (北条 氏康; 1515 – October 21, 1571) was a daimyō (warlord) and third head of the Odawara Hōjō clan. Known as the "Lion of Sagami", he was revered as a fearsome samurai and a cunning man. He is famous for his strategies of breaking the siege from Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. A son of Hōjō Ujitsuna (北条 氏綱), his only known wife was Imagawa Yoshimoto's sister, Zuikei-in. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hōjō Ujiyasu is the 964th most popular military personnel (up from 982nd in 2019), the 745th most popular biography from Japan (down from 678th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 964 out of 2,058. Before her are Wakisaka Yasuharu, James Bowie, Dietrich Kraiss, Wilhelm Marschall, Dimitrios Ioannidis, and Bertram Ramsay. After her are Matthew Ridgway, José Miaja, Fritz Klingenberg, Sylvester Stadler, Alexios Strategopoulos, and Frank Serpico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 22. Before her are Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Valerius Cordus, Francisco de Toledo, and Christoph, Duke of Württemberg. After her are Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Sibylle of Saxony, Giorgio Biandrata, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, and Roger Ascham. Among people deceased in 1571, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 11. Before her are Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Mōri Motonari, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Titu Cusi, Marco Antonio Bragadin, and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. After her are Marfa Sobakina, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Setthathirath, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, Giovanni Animuccia, and Pierre Viret.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 745 out of 6,245. Before her are Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), Prince Morikuni (1301), Toshio Takabayashi (1953), Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829), and Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554). After her are Kanō Eitoku (1543), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Tsutomu Sonobe (1958), and Kitaro Nishida (1870).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 62. Before her are Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Osami Nagano (1880), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Nakano Takeko (1847), and Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554). After her are Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Matome Ugaki (1890), Isamu Chō (1895), Tōdō Takatora (1556), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), and Sō Yoshitoshi (1568).

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