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Ariwara no Narihira

825 - 880

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Ariwara no Narihira (在原 業平, 825 – 9 July 880) was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the early Heian period. He was named one of both the Six Poetic Geniuses and the Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses, and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu collection. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ariwara no Narihira has received more than 119,581 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ariwara no Narihira is the 2,483rd most popular writer (down from 2,220th in 2019), the 742nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 661st in 2019) and the 56th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.09

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 2,483 out of 5,755Before him are Philip Kerr, Philippe de Mornay, Marko Vovchok, Richard Wright, Isaac Deutscher, and Ignacy Krasicki. After him are Cyprian Norwid, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Petrus Comestor, André Frossard, John Zerzan, and Juan de Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 825, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 5Before him are Louis II of Italy, Al-Muhtadi, Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, and Ono no Komachi. After him is Galindo Aznárez I. Among people deceased in 880, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 4Before him are Carloman of Bavaria, Fatima al-Fihri, and Bruno, Duke of Saxony.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 742 out of 6,048Before him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Naoto Tajima (1912), Uichiro Hatta (1903), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Takako Shimazu (1939), and Rihei Sano (1912). After him are Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Matsudaira Katamori (1836), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Ken Shimura (1950), Kōichi Kido (1889), and Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 56Before him are Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Keigo Higashino (1958), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Amélie Nothomb (1967), and Ryōkan (1758). After him are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Shūji Terayama (1935), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Ikki Kita (1883), and Banana Yoshimoto (1964).