Historical figures in Yokohama
The atlas holds 18 people and 27 moments here, from 1871 to 2019. The most recorded lives are Yasunari Kawabata, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Emperor Meiji. Among them Writers, across the Space Age and World War II.
Notable people
Akira Kurosawa
from 1942 to 1962
2 moments here
Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…
Benigno Aquino III
in 2010
1 moment 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…
Emperor Meiji
from 1871 to 1875
3 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…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1939
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Hirohito
from 1943 to 1946
2 moments here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Jack London
in 1904
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 2019
1 moment here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Omar Bongo
in 2008
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Prajadhipok
in 1931
1 moment here
Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…
Rudyard Kipling
in 1892
1 moment here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
from 1916 to 1926
3 moments here
Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…
Soong Ching-ling
in 1913
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…
Sun Yat-sen
from 1895 to 1897
2 moments here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Tony Curtis
in 1945
1 moment here
American actor Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz) worked in film, television, theatre, and painting over a career spanning six decades.…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1879
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Yasunari Kawabata
from 1935 to 1972
3 moments here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Yukio Mishima
in 1946
1 moment here
Yukio Mishima, born Kimitake Hiraoka, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, actor, and political activist.…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1883
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…
Moments
- 1871 Inspection of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Emperor Meiji
- 1872 Railway-opening ceremony at Yokohama Emperor Meiji
- 1875 Visit to Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Emperor Meiji
- 1879 Arrival at Yokohama Ulysses S. Grant
- 1883 English study at the Dutch consulate Yun Ch'iho
- 1892 Honeymoon arrival at Yokohama Rudyard Kipling
- 1895 Arrival in Yokohama after first uprising Sun Yat-sen
- 1897 Arrival in Yokohama Sun Yat-sen
- 1904 Arrival as Russo-Japanese War correspondent Jack London
- 1913 Return via Yokohama Soong Ching-ling
- 1916 Began teaching at the Naval Engineering School Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1926 Stayed at Azumaya in Kugenuma Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1926 Lived in a rented Kugenuma villa Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1931 Visit to Kōtoku-in Prajadhipok
- 1935 Relocation to Jomyoji, Kamakura Yasunari Kawabata
- 1939 Return to Yokohama Hideki Yukawa
- 1942 Directing Sanshiro Sugata on location Akira Kurosawa
- 1943 Inspection of battleship Musashi Hirohito
- 1945 Witnessed Japan's surrender from USS Proteus Tony Curtis
- 1946 Visit to Yasunari Kawabata Yukio Mishima
- 1946 Postwar reconstruction tour in Kanagawa Hirohito
- 1946 Final Kamakura residence in Hase Yasunari Kawabata
- 1962 High and Low location shoot Akira Kurosawa
- 1972 Death at Zushi work apartment Yasunari Kawabata
- 2008 TICAD IV meeting with Yasuo Fukuda Omar Bongo
- 2010 APEC meeting in Yokohama Benigno Aquino III
- 2019 Tokyo International Conference on African Development Muhammadu Buhari