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Tomoe Gozen

1157 - 1247

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Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前, Japanese pronunciation: [tomo.e]) was an onna-musha, a female samurai, mentioned in The Tale of the Heike. There is doubt as to whether she existed as she does not appear in any primary accounts of the Genpei war. She supposedly served under the samurai lord Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Battle of Awazu, part of the Genpei War in the late Heian period, which led to the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomoe Gozen is the 2,086th most popular politician (down from 1,906th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Japan (up from 78th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Politician.

Tomoe Gozen is a female samurai from the Heian period of Japan. She is most famous for her role in the Battle of Awazu, where she is said to have slain 300 soldiers single-handedly.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tomoe Gozen ranks 2,086 out of 19,576. Before her are Pedro V of Portugal, Injo of Joseon, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, William Pitt the Younger, Samia Suluhu Hassan, and James I of Scotland. After her are Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Yoweri Museveni, Talal of Jordan, Sultan Cem, Pyotr Stolypin, and Louis II, Prince of Monaco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1157, Tomoe Gozen ranks 2. Before her is Richard I of England. After her are Alfonso II of Aragon, Leopold V, Duke of Austria, Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders, Alexander Neckam, and Eystein Meyla. Among people deceased in 1247, Tomoe Gozen ranks 1. After her are Konrad I of Masovia, Henry Raspe, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, Neidhart von Reuental, Armand de Périgord, Richard de Bures, Henry IV, Duke of Limburg, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, and Agafia of Rus.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomoe Gozen ranks 75 out of 6,245. Before her are Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906), Tadao Ando (1941), Soichiro Honda (1906), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Kenzō Tange (1913), and Nichiren (1222). After her are Emperor Annei (-577), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Shirō Ishii (1892), Sei Shōnagon (966), Emperor Momozono (1741), and Ishida Mitsunari (1559).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Tomoe Gozen ranks 20. Before her are Takeda Shingen (1521), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), Emperor Suizei (-669), Koxinga (1624), and Yoshihide Suga (1948). After her are Emperor Annei (-577), Emperor Momozono (1741), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Naoto Kan (1946), Emperor Itoku (-553), and Emperor Go-Momozono (1758).

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