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Itō Hirobumi

1841 - 1909

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Prince Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文; Japanese pronunciation: [i.toː (|) çi.ɾoꜜ.bɯ.mʲi], 16 October 1841 – 26 October 1909), born Hayashi Risuke (Japanese: 林 利助), was a Japanese statesman who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888, and later from 1892 to 1896, in 1898, and from 1900 to 1901. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen that dictated policy during the Meiji era. Born into a poor farming family in the Chōshū Domain, Itō and his father were adopted into a low-ranking samurai family. After the opening of Japan in 1854, he joined the nationalist sonnō jōi movement before being sent to England to study at University College London in 1863. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Itō Hirobumi is the 1,236th most popular politician (down from 1,078th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Japan (down from 36th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Politician.

Itō Hirobumi was the first Prime Minister of Japan, and is most famous for the Meiji Constitution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Itō Hirobumi ranks 1,236 out of 19,576. Before him are Baldur von Schirach, Louis V of France, Hua Guofeng, Anthony Eden, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, and Edmund Ironside. After him are James Connolly, Grigory Zinoviev, Samuel of Bulgaria, Pepin of Herstal, James I of Aragon, and Stanisław August Poniatowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Itō Hirobumi ranks 9. Before him are Antonín Dvořák, Gustave Le Bon, Berthe Morisot, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Georges Clemenceau, and Maria Sophie of Bavaria. After him are Otto Wagner, Emil Theodor Kocher, Frédéric Bazille, Henri Fayol, Henry Morton Stanley, and Félix Faure. Among people deceased in 1909, Itō Hirobumi ranks 5. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Geronimo, and Isaac Albéniz. After him are Hermann Minkowski, Francisco Tárrega, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Peder Severin Krøyer, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Itō Hirobumi ranks 37 out of 6,245. Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yayoi Kusama (1929), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), and Isao Takahata (1935). After him are Saigō Takamori (1828), Hiroshige (1797), Sadako Sasaki (1943), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), and Osamu Tezuka (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Itō Hirobumi ranks 11. Before him are Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Emperor Kōmei (1831), and Jiroemon Kimura (1897). After him are Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Takeda Shingen (1521), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Emperor Suizei (-669).

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