COMIC ARTIST

Ōten Shimokawa

1892 - 1973

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Ōten Shimokawa (or Hekoten Shimokawa) (下川凹天, Shimokawa Ōten, May 2, 1892 – May 26, 1973) was a Japanese artist, considered to be one of the founding artists and pioneers of anime. Little is known of his early personal life, other than that his family moved to the Tokyo area when he was nine years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōten Shimokawa has received more than 100,335 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ōten Shimokawa is the 127th most popular comic artist, the 1,399th most popular biography from Japan and the 46th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 127 out of 226. Before him are Larry Lieber, Rudolph Dirks, Ken Akamatsu, François Bourgeon, Iginio Straffi, and Ken Sugimori. After him are Raymond Briggs, Momoko Sakura, Tsutomu Nihei, Joe Simon, Jamie Hewlett, and Kouta Hirano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 249. Before him are Mariano Arrate, Johnny Dodds, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Peggy Wood, Ferde Grofé, and Seiichiro Kashio. After him are Slim Summerville, Jacob Viner, Zośka Vieras, Liesl Karlstadt, Vincenzo Cuccia, and Marston Morse. Among people deceased in 1973, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 229. Before him are Oliver Macdonald, Roland Dorgelès, Mikhail Somov, Arthur Freed, Memphis Minnie, and Ivan Petrovsky. After him are Brigitte Reimann, Åke Borg, Vladimír Syrovátka, Sidney Blackmer, Constance Talmadge, and Axel Janse.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 1,399 out of 6,245. Before him are Masao Harada (1912), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Chieko Hase (1956), Yuji Hyakutake (1950), Asuka (1981), and Tsuneko Sasamoto (1914). After him are Miyavi (1981), Naomi Kawase (1969), Nobuko Imai (1943), Shunji Iwai (1963), Chiharu Igaya (1931), and Masaru Furukawa (1936).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Ōten Shimokawa ranks 46. Before him are Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Tite Kubo (1977), Ken Akamatsu (1968), and Ken Sugimori (1966). After him are Momoko Sakura (1965), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), Kouta Hirano (1973), Yukito Kishiro (1967), Inio Asano (1980), and Lynn Okamoto (1970).

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