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Akazome Emon

956 - 1041

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Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s or early 960s – 1041 or later) was a Japanese waka poet and early historian who lived in the mid-Heian period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akazome Emon has received more than 48,846 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Akazome Emon is the 3,458th most popular writer (up from 4,020th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Akazome Emon ranks 3,458 out of 7,302. Before her are Amos Tutuola, István Örkény, Johann Ernst Glück, Zora Neale Hurston, Frédéric Dard, and Nemesianus. After her are Peter Straub, Mercedes de Acosta, Doria Shafik, Bell hooks, Laurence Oliphant, and Gioconda Belli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 956, Akazome Emon ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1041, Akazome Emon ranks 6. Before her are Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Tancred of Hauteville, Peter Delyan, Mas'ud I of Ghazni, and Ingvar the Far-Travelled. After her are Domenico Flabanico, and Muhammad of Ghazni.

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