1. Taira no Tokiko (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Taira no Tokiko was the wife of Taira no Kiyomori mother of Taira no Tokuko as well as grandmother of Emperor Antoku. Buddhist name – Nii no Ama 二位尼. According...

2. Nijō Kanemoto (1268)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Kanemoto son of regent Nijō Yoshizane and adopted son of Nijō Morotada was a Japanese kugyō of the Kamakura period of Japan. He held regent positions sesshō in 1298...

3. Nijō Masatsugu (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Masatsugu son of regent Nijō Mochimichi was a Japanese kugyō of the Muromachi period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1470 to 1476. He was the father of...

4. Nijō Michihira (1288)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Michihira son of regent Nijō Kanemoto was a Japanese kugyō of the late Kamakura period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1316 to 1318 and from 1327 to...

5. Nijō Mitsumoto (1383)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Mitsumoto son of regent Nijō Morotsugu was a Japanese kugyō of the Muromachi period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1409 to 1410. He adopted his brother Nijō...

6. Nijō Mochimichi (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Mochimichi son of regent Nijō Motonori was a Japanese kugyō of the Muromachi period. He held a regent position kampaku three times from 1453 to 1454 from 1455 to...

7. Nijō Morotada (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Morotada was a Japanese kugyō of the Kamakura period. He was a member of the Nijō family which was a branch of the Fujiwara clan.

8. Nijō Morotsugu (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Morotsugu son of regent Nijō Yoshimoto was a Japanese kugyō of the Muromachi period. He held a regent position kampaku three times from 1379 to 1382 from 1388 to...

9. Nijō Moroyoshi (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Moroyoshi son of regent Nijō Yoshimoto was a Japanese kugyō of the early Muromachi period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1369 to 1375. His wife gave birth...

10. Katsu Kaishū (1823)

Japanese Noble

Count Katsu Kaishū was a Japanese statesman naval engineer during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy...

11. Takatsukasa Kanetada (1262)

Japanese Noble

Takatsukasa Kanetada son of Kanehira was a court noble of the Kamakura period. He held the regent positions of Kampaku from 1296 to 1298 and Sessho since 1298. In 1301...

12. Takatsukasa Sukehiro (1807)

Japanese Noble

Takatsukasa Sukehiro son of regent Masamichi was a kugyo or Japanese court noble of the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji periods. He held a regent position kampaku in 1863....

13. Inaba Masayoshi (1848)

Japanese Noble

Inaba Masayoshi was the final daimyō of Tateyama Domain during Bakumatsu period Japan.

14. Ichijō Sanetsune (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Ichijō Sanetsune son of regent Michiie was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period. He was the founding father of the Ichijō family one of the five...

15. Ichijō Tadayoshi (1774)

Japanese Noble

Ichijō Tadayoshi son of regent Teruyoshi was a Japanese kugyō of the Edo period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1814 to 1823. His wife was a daughter of...

16. Ōki Takatō (1832)

Japanese Noble

Ōki Takatō was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period. He was Governor of Tokyo in 1868 and a member of the Privy Council in 1889. Ōki was born...

17. Motono Ichirō (1862)

Japanese Noble

Motono Ichirō was a statesman an diplomat active in Meiji period Japan.

18. Hijikata Hisamoto (1833)

Japanese Noble

Count Hijikata Hisamoto was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Hijikata was a samurai in Tosa Domain. He was sent by the domain to Edo...

19. Mori Arinori (1847)

Japanese Noble

Viscount Mori Arinori was a Meiji period Japanese statesman diplomat and founder of Japan's modern educational system.

20. Matsudaira Norikata (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Count Matsudaira Norikata was the 8th and final daimyō of Okutono in Mikawa Province and 1st daimyō of Tanoguchi Domain in Shinano Province. He served in the Tokugawa Shogunate in...

21. Dan Takuma (1858)

Japanese Noble

Dan Takuma was a Japanese businessman who was Director-General of Mitsui one of the leading Japanese zaibatsu. He was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was married to...

22. Fusae Ohta (1951)

Japanese Noble

usae Ohta is a Japanese politician a former governor of Osaka prefecture and the country's first female prefectural governor. Born in Kure Hiroshima she later moved to Toyohashi Aichi. After...

23. Hamao Arata (1849)

Japanese Noble

Viscount Hamao Arata was a Japanese politician and educator of the Meiji period originally hailing from Toyooka Hyōgo. He was active in the Monbu-shō and as the president of institutions...

24. Sano Tsunetami (1822)

Japanese Noble

Count Sano Tsunetami was a Japanese statesman and founder of the Japanese Red Cross Society. His son Admiral Sano Tsuneha was a leading figure in the establishment of the Scout...

25. Yoshimichi Hara (1867)

Japanese Noble

Yoshimichi Hara was a Japanese statesman and the president of the Japanese privy council during World War II from June 1940 until his death. Hara was always reluctant to...

26. Fujiwara no Kanemichi (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Kanemichi was a Japanese statesman courtier and politician during the Heian period.

27. Fujiwara no Kinsue (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Kinsue also known as Kaikō was a Japanese statesman courtier and politician during the Heian period.

28. Fujiwara no Maro (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Maro was a Japanese statesman courtier and politician during the Nara period. Maro established the Kyōke branch of the Fujiwara clan.

29. Konoe Fusatsugu (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Konoe Fusatsugu the first son of Tadatsugu was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1445 to 1447. With a...

30. Fujiwara no Morosuke (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Morosuke also known as Kujō-dono or Hōjō udaijin was a Japanese statesman courtier and politician during the Heian period.

31. Konoe Sakihisa (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Konoe Sakihisa son of regent Taneie was a court noble of Japan. His life spanned the Sengoku Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. He served as kampaku-sadaijin and daijō daijin...

32. Inoue Kowashi (1843)

Japanese Noble

Viscount Inoue Kowashi was a statesman in Meiji period Japan.

33. Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837)

Japanese Noble

Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate but was...

34. Yoshinori Futara (1886)

Japanese Noble

Count Yoshinori Futara was an official in the Imperial Household Ministry and a co-founder with Michiharu Mishima of the Boy Scouts of Japan in April 1922 with Shimpei Gotō at...

35. Fujiwara no Michinaga (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Michinaga represents the highpoint of the Fujiwara clan' control over the government of Japan.

36. Fujiwara no Umakai (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Umakai was a Japanese statesman courtier general and politician during the Nara period. The third son of Fujiwara no Fuhito he founded the Shikike branch of the Fujiwara...

37. Fujiwara no Yoshifusa (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Yoshifusa also known as Somedono no Daijin or Shirakawa-dono was a Japanese statesman courtier and politician during the Heian period. When Yoshifusa's grandson was enthroned as Emperor Seiwa...

38. Fukuoka Takachika (1835)

Japanese Noble

Viscount Fukuoka Takachika was a Japanese statesman of the Meiji period.

39. Shō Tai (1843)

Japanese Noble

Shō Tai was the last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom and the head of the Ryūkyū Domain. His reign saw greatly increased interactions with travelers from abroad particularly from Europe...

40. Shibusawa Eiichi (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Shibusawa Eiichi 1st Viscount Shibusawa was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the father of Japanese capitalism. He spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji...

41. Nijō Yoshimoto (Unknow)

Japanese Noble

Nijō Yoshimoto son of regent Nijō Michihira was a Japanese kugyō waka poet and renga master of the early Muromachi period. Yoshimoto's wife gave birth to Nijō Moroyoshi. With another...

42. Fujiwara no Koretada (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Koretada also known as Fujiwara no Koremasa or Kentokuko Ichijō sesshō and Mikawa-kō was a Japanese statesman courtier politician and waka-poet during the Heian period. His poems were...

43. Fujiwara no Nakamaro (1970)

Japanese Noble

ujiwara no Nakamaro also known as Emi no Oshikatsu was a Japanese aristocrat courtier and statesman. He was Chancellor of the Imperial government during the Nara period.