Tokyo in History — Map & Timeline

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

Soong Ching-ling
in 1915
1 moment here
Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…
Sukarno
in 1943
1 moment here
Sukarno (1901–1970) was an Indonesian nationalist, revolutionary, engineer, and the first president of Indonesia.…
Sun Yat-sen
from 1905 to 1915
4 moments here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Syngman Rhee
in 1945
1 moment here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…
Teresa Teng
in 1985
1 moment here
Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng (Teng Li-yun; 1953–1995) became one of the most influential popular vocalists in the Chinese-speaking world and across…
Tokugawa Ieyasu
from 1590 to 1600
2 moments here
Japanese samurai, daimyo, and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Born Matsudaira Takechiyo at Okazaki Castle, he spent part of his childhood as a…
Toshiro Mifune
from 1946 to 1997
4 moments here
Japanese actor, producer, and director whose career spanned 1947–1995. Born in Qingdao, he grew up in Dalian, served in the Imperial Japanese Army…
William Faulkner
in 1955
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
William Howard Taft
from 1905 to 1907
2 moments here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Yasunari Kawabata
from 1917 to 1957
6 moments here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Yayoi Kusama
from 1973 to 2026
3 moments here
Japanese avant-garde artist, novelist, and performance artist known for polka dots, Infinity Net paintings, immersive mirror rooms, and public…
Yosano Akiko
from 1901 to 1942
6 moments here
Japanese poet, author, educator, feminist, and social reformer. Born Hō Shō in Sakai, she became known as Yosano Akiko after her marriage to poet…
Yukio Mishima
from 1925 to 1970
6 moments here
Yukio Mishima, born Kimitake Hiraoka, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, actor, and political activist.…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1881
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…

Historical figures in Tokyo

Notable people

Soong Ching-ling

Sukarno

Sun Yat-sen

Syngman Rhee

Teresa Teng

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Toshiro Mifune

William Faulkner

William Howard Taft

Yasunari Kawabata

Yayoi Kusama

Yosano Akiko

Yukio Mishima

Yun Ch'iho

Moments

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