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Kido Takayoshi

1833 - 1877

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Kido Takayoshi (木戸 孝允; born Wada Kogorō (和田 小五郎); August 11, 1833 – May 26, 1877), formerly known as Katsura Kogorō (桂 小五郎), was a Japanese statesman, samurai and shishi who is considered one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kido Takayoshi is the 5,533rd most popular politician (up from 6,157th in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from Japan (up from 448th in 2019) and the 136th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kido Takayoshi ranks 5,533 out of 19,576Before him are Fatmir Sejdiu, Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, and Victorinus. After him are Hage Geingob, Emperor Huai of Jin, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Emperor Montoku, Siemomysł, and Emperor Chōkei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Kido Takayoshi ranks 19Before him are Félicien Rops, Eugen Dühring, Léon Bonnat, Edward Burne-Jones, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, and Charles George Gordon. After him are Carola of Vasa, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, and Marko Vovchok. Among people deceased in 1877, Kido Takayoshi ranks 19Before him are Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Antoine Augustin Cournot, Hermann Grassmann, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. After him are Yaqub Beg, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Jung Bahadur Rana, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Philipp Veit, and Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kido Takayoshi ranks 420 out of 6,245Before him are Ikkyū (1394), Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1906), Emperor Go-Toba (1180), Yoshinobu Ishii (1939), Saburō Sakai (1916), and Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127). After him are Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Takashi Mizuno (1931), Yoshirō Mori (1937), and Hishikawa Moronobu (1618).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kido Takayoshi ranks 136Before him are Emperor Heizei (773), Emperor Kameyama (1249), Emperor Kōkō (830), Terauchi Masatake (1852), Emperor Go-Toba (1180), and Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127). After him are Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Hara Takashi (1856), and Masamune (1300).