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Doppo Kunikida

1871 - 1908

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Doppo Kunikida (国木田 独歩, Kunikida Doppo, 30 August 1871 – 23 June 1908) was a Japanese author of novels and romantic poetry during the Meiji period, noted as one of the inventors of Japanese naturalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Doppo Kunikida has received more than 277,280 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Doppo Kunikida is the 1,878th most popular writer (up from 2,025th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 609th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 280k

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  • 56.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Doppo Kunikida ranks 1,878 out of 7,302. Before him are Paulinus II of Aquileia, James Ellroy, Abbot Oliba, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Xenophon of Ephesus, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. After him are Johnston McCulley, Jovan Dučić, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Stig Dagerman, and Victoria Ocampo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Doppo Kunikida ranks 43. Before him are Sergei Bulgakov, Zhang Jinghui, William McDougall, Fedor Tokarev, Christian Morgenstern, and Stephen Crane. After him are Jovan Dučić, Ovide Decroly, Mariano Fortuny, Cesare Mori, Hanns Heinz Ewers, and Camille Huysmans. Among people deceased in 1908, Doppo Kunikida ranks 33. Before him are Khudiram Bose, John of Kronstadt, Dersu Uzala, Eduard Zeller, Tomás Estrada Palma, and Antoine Béchamp. After him are Qasim Amin, Sundance Kid, Joseph Freinademetz, Andrew Graham, François Coppée, and Sidney Paget.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Doppo Kunikida ranks 572 out of 6,245. Before him are Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Tokizo Ichihashi (1909), Yanosuke Watanabe (null), Emperor Suzaku (923), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), and Senhime (1597). After him are Emperor Murakami (926), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Koji Funamoto (1942), Yasukazu Tanaka (1933), Masako Nozawa (1936), and Mitsuko Uchida (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Doppo Kunikida ranks 37. Before him are Ono no Komachi (825), Junji Ito (1963), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), and Masaoka Shiki (1867). After him are Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), and Yoshida Kenkō (1283).

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