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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 128,884 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ariwara no Narihira is the 2,466th most popular writer (up from 2,475th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 740th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 2,466 out of 7,302Before him are Winston Groom, William Beckford, Alois Musil, María Kodama, Annie Proulx, and Rolf Hochhuth. After him are Dick Francis, Christopher Priest, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Valentin Kataev, Andrey Kurbsky, and Lidia Zamenhof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 825, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 5Before him are Louis II of Italy, Al-Muhtadi, Ono no Komachi, and Fortún Garcés of Pamplona. 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. After him is Al-Mahani.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 733 out of 6,245Before him are Takao Nishiyama (1942), Masabumi Hosono (1870), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), and Donald Tsang (1944). After him are Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921), George Ohsawa (1893), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Soga no Umako (551), and Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ariwara no Narihira ranks 51Before him are Saigyō (1118), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), and Ikki Kita (1883). After him are George Ohsawa (1893), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), and Yasushi Inoue (1907).