# Emperor Ninkō

> The 120th emperor of Japan sat the throne while the shogunate cracked beneath disasters and Western ships. His reign marked the first tremors of the bakumatsu — the unraveling that would end military rule — though whether he steered any of it remains unclear.

*Emperor of Japan (1800-1846)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/emperor-ninko

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1800-03-16
- **Died:** 1846-02-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ninkō took the throne in 1817 at seventeen and spent twenty-nine years watching the Tokugawa system corrode. Famines swept the islands, corruption festered in the bakufu, and foreign powers pressed at the coasts — none of which an emperor could command the shogun to fix. He revived old court rituals at his father's urging, a gesture toward ancient legitimacy while real power sat elsewhere. Of his fifteen children by various concubines, only three survived to adulthood; his fourth son, Osahito, inherited the throne when Ninkō died in 1846. The shogunate still ruled, but the ground had begun to shift.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Nink%C5%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312351)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Emperor%20Nink%C5%8D)
- [نینکو (ایمپیراتور)](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1))
- [Імператар Нінко](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE)
- [Emperador Ninkō](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperador_Nink%C5%8D)
- [ئیمپراتۆر نینکۆ](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B1_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%86)
- [Ninkó](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C3%B3)
- [Ninkō](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C5%8D)
- [Αυτοκράτορας Νινκό](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BA%CF%8C)
- [Ninko](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninko)
- [Ninkō Tennō](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C5%8D_Tenn%C5%8D)
- [امپراتور نینکو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88)
- [Ninkō](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C5%8D)
- [Ninkō](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C5%8D)
- [निन्को](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B)
- [Ninkó japán császár](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C3%B3_jap%C3%A1n_cs%C3%A1sz%C3%A1r)
- [Ninkō](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C5%8D)
- [Ninkō](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C5%8D)
- [仁孝天皇](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%81%E5%AD%9D%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87)
- [닌코 천황](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%8C%EC%BD%94_%EC%B2%9C%ED%99%A9)
- [निंको](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B)
- [Maharaja Ninkō](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharaja_Nink%C5%8D)
- [Ninko](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninko)
- [Ninkō](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nink%C5%8D)
- [الإمبراطور نينكو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88)
- [الامبراطور نينكو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88)

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