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Also Known As Akihito • Sutoku Tennō
Born July 7, 1119 • Kyōto • Japan
Died September 14, 1164 (aged 45) • Japan
Title / Office emperor (1123-1141), Japan
Role In Hōgen Disturbance
Taira Kiyomori
Taira Kiyomori
Japanese ruler
Go-Shirakawa
emperor of Japan
Tsutsumi Yasujiro
Japanese politician
Saigo Takamori
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
prime minister of Japan
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida
prime minister of Japan
Ito Hirobumi
Itō Hirobumi
prime minister of Japan
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Japanese leader
Go-Daigo
emperor of Japan
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese military officer
Ii Naosuke
Ii Naosuke
Japanese feudal lord
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Ozawa Ichirō
Ozawa Ichirō
Japanese politician
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese leader
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba
prime minister of Japan
Kan Naoto.
Kan Naoto
prime minister of Japan
Ishihara Shintarō
Japanese writer and politician

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