Historical figures in Tokyo
The atlas holds 86 people and 194 moments here, from 1590 to 2026. The most recorded lives are Matsuo Bashō, Hirohito and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
in 2008
1 moment here
Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…
Abebe Bikila
in 1964
1 moment here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Akira Kurosawa
from 1910 to 1998
3 moments here
Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…
Alan MacDiarmid
in 1975
1 moment here
New Zealand-American chemist and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, known for co-developing conductive polymers.…
Albert Einstein
in 1922
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Alberto Fujimori
from 1992 to 2005
3 moments here
Peruvian agricultural engineer, university rector, and president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. His presidency combined market reforms and…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 2001
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
Aung San
in 1940
1 moment here
Burmese independence leader, political organizer, and military commander. Aung San helped found the Burma Independence Army, led the anti-Japanese…
Benigno Aquino III
from 2011 to 2015
2 moments here
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…
Bhumibol Adulyadej
in 1963
1 moment here
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…
Chiang Kai-shek
from 1906 to 1908
2 moments here
Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1995
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Diego Maradona
in 1979
1 moment here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1965
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Edgar Lungu
in 2018
1 moment here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Eisaku Satō
from 1924 to 1975
4 moments here
Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…
Emperor Meiji
from 1868 to 1912
7 moments here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1922
1 moment here
American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…
Freddie Mercury
in 1975
1 moment here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1989
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
George Michael
from 1988 to 1991
2 moments here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Gerald Ford
in 1974
1 moment here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Gough Whitlam
in 1976
1 moment here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Helen Keller
in 1937
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Moments
- 1590 Establishment of seat in Edo Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1600 Eastern Army meeting in Edo Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1608 Duel with Musō Gonnosuke Miyamoto Musashi
- 1610 Fights in Edo Miyamoto Musashi
- 1623 Journey to Edo Miyamoto Musashi
- 1672 Move to Edo Matsuo Bashō
- 1680 Residence at Fukagawa hermitage Matsuo Bashō
- 1683 Return to Edo Matsuo Bashō
- 1685 Return to Edo from the westward journey Matsuo Bashō
- 1687 Departure from Edo on the Oi no Kobumi journey Matsuo Bashō
- 1688 Return to Edo after Sarashina journey Matsuo Bashō
- 1689 Departure for Oku no Hosomichi Matsuo Bashō
- 1691 Arrival in Edo at Tachibana-chō Matsuo Bashō
- 1692 Move into the third Bashō Hut Matsuo Bashō
- 1693 Haikai gathering at Sodō's home Matsuo Bashō
- 1760 Birth in Katsushika district Hokusai
- 1804 Great Daruma festival performance Hokusai
- 1847 Located at his Asakusa residence Hokusai
- 1849 Death at Henjōin precincts Hokusai
- 1868 First arrival at Tokyo Emperor Meiji
- 1869 Residence at Tokyo Imperial Palace Emperor Meiji
- 1872 Railway-opening ceremony at Shimbashi Emperor Meiji
- 1873 Move to Akasaka Palace Emperor Meiji
- 1881 Enrollment at Dojinsha Yun Ch'iho
- 1884 Birth in Kōjimachi Hideki Tojo
- 1888 Travel in Japan José Rizal
- 1889 Promulgation of the Meiji Constitution Emperor Meiji
- 1892 Placed with the Akutagawa family Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1892 Birth in Irifune Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1898 Entered Kōtō Elementary School Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1901 Move from Sakai to Tokyo Yosano Akiko
- 1901 Birth at Tōgū Palace Hirohito
- 1902 Government scholar at Kobun Institute Lu Xun
- 1904 Return to Aoyama Palace Hirohito
- 1905 Meets Katsura in Japan William Howard Taft
- 1905 Tongmenghui founded in Tokyo Sun Yat-sen
- 1906 First stay in Tokyo Chiang Kai-shek
- 1906 Return to Tokyo after leaving medicine Lu Xun
- 1906 Russo-Japanese War victory parade Emperor Meiji
- 1906 Return voyage to Tokyo with Zhou Zuoren Lu Xun
- 1907 Birth in Tokyo Hideki Yukawa
- 1907 Visits Japan again William Howard Taft
- 1908 Begins studies at Gakushūin Hirohito
- 1908 Tokyo Shinbu Gakko enrolment Chiang Kai-shek
- 1909 Residence in Surugadai Higashikōbaichō Yosano Akiko
- 1910 Residence at Naka-Rokubanchō Yosano Akiko
- 1910 Birth in Ōi Akira Kurosawa
- 1910 Entered First Higher School Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1911 Tokyo journey to retrieve Zhou Zuoren Lu Xun
- 1912 Death at Meiji Palace Emperor Meiji