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Iwakura Tomomi

1825 - 1883

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Iwakura Tomomi (岩倉 具視; October 26, 1825 – July 20, 1883) was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, the restoration of Japan's monarchy, and the abolition of feudalism, the domain system, and the samurai class. Born to a lesser noble family, he was adopted by leading court noble Tomoyasu Iwakura (岩倉 具康) in 1838. In 1854, he became Imperial Chamberlain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Iwakura Tomomi is the 9,613th most popular politician (down from 8,117th in 2024), the 799th most popular biography from Japan (down from 649th in 2019) and the 264th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Iwakura Tomomi ranks 9,613 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand Kettler, James of Baux, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Bo Gu, Ignaz von Born, and Menkheperre. After him are Konrad Peutinger, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Pope Heraclas of Alexandria, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Valentín Gómez Farías.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Iwakura Tomomi ranks 38. Before him are Hans Gude, Friedrich von Schmidt, Charles Lavigerie, Émile Ollivier, Đuro Daničić, and Charles Joshua Chaplin. After him are Camilo Castelo Branco, Julius Oppert, Friedrich Bayer, Giovanni Fattori, Bernardo Guimarães, and Alexander Mozhaysky. Among people deceased in 1883, Iwakura Tomomi ranks 36. Before him are Édouard René de Laboulaye, Lucien Olivier, Edward FitzGerald, Jenny Longuet, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, and Juliette Drouet. After him are Cyprian Norwid, Gustave Aimard, Robert Volkmann, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Filippo Pacini, and Oswald Heer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Iwakura Tomomi ranks 799 out of 6,245. Before him are Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (1958), Masami Kurumada (1953), and Ikki Kita (1883). After him are Mitsuo Kato (1953), Prince Munetaka (1242), Heisuke Hironaka (1931), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), and Shintaro Katsu (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Iwakura Tomomi ranks 264. Before him are Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Yamada Nagamasa (1590), Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), and Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852). After him are Prince Munetaka (1242), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Donald Tsang (1944), Prince Koreyasu (1264), and Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538).

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