MILITARY PERSONNEL

Saigō Takamori

1828 - 1877

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Saigō Takamori (Japanese: 西郷 隆盛; 23 January 1828 – 24 September 1877) was a Japanese samurai and politician who was one of the most influential figures in Japanese history. He played a key role in the Meiji Restoration, which overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, and subsequently served in the new Meiji government. However, he later became disillusioned with the direction of the new regime and led the Satsuma Rebellion against it in 1877, in which he was killed. Born into a low-ranking samurai family in Satsuma Domain, Saigō rose to prominence as a retainer of Shimazu Nariakira, the daimyō of Satsuma. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saigō Takamori is the 117th most popular military personnel (down from 100th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Japan (down from 31st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Saigō Takamori is most famous for his role in the Meiji Restoration. He was a samurai who was instrumental in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the establishment of the Meiji government.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Saigō Takamori ranks 117 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Claude Auchinleck, Hephaestion, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and Konstantin Rokossovsky. After him are Erich Hartmann, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Hamilcar Barca, Theodor Eicke, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Gaius Julius Caesar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Saigō Takamori ranks 7. Before him are Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, Henrik Ibsen, Henry Dunant, Rani of Jhansi, and Randal Cremer. After him are Charbel Makhlouf, Hippolyte Taine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Albert Marth, and Ferdinand Cohn. Among people deceased in 1877, Saigō Takamori ranks 5. Before him are Gustave Courbet, Brigham Young, Urbain Le Verrier, and Adolphe Thiers. After him are Maria Anna of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Henry Fox Talbot, Crazy Horse, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saigō Takamori ranks 38 out of 6,245. Before him are Yayoi Kusama (1929), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Hattori Hanzō (1542), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Isao Takahata (1935), and Itō Hirobumi (1841). After him are Hiroshige (1797), Sadako Sasaki (1943), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Osamu Tezuka (1928), and Akechi Mitsuhide (1526).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Saigō Takamori ranks 6. Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), and Hattori Hanzō (1542). After him are Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), and Toyotomi Hideyori (1593).

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