WRITER

Eiji Yoshikawa

1892 - 1962

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Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, Yoshikawa Eiji, August 11, 1892 – September 7, 1962) was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as The Tale of the Heike, Tale of Genji, Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many of which he retold in his own style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eiji Yoshikawa has received more than 299,158 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Eiji Yoshikawa is the 1,218th most popular writer (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 220th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 300k

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  • 60.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eiji Yoshikawa ranks 1,218 out of 7,302. Before him are Martha Gellhorn, Johann Peter Eckermann, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Albert Barillé, and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. After him are Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Jan Długosz, Raymond Radiguet, Wilhelm Weitling, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, and Sarah, Duchess of York.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Eiji Yoshikawa ranks 62. Before him are Juan Negrín, Oswald Pohl, Erich Auerbach, Johannes Frießner, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, and Tamon Yamaguchi. After him are Tazio Nuvolari, Guo Moruo, Paul Abraham, Alfonsina Storni, Marcel Dassault, and Edith Södergran. Among people deceased in 1962, Eiji Yoshikawa ranks 40. Before him are C. Wright Mills, Stuart Sutcliffe, Hanns Eisler, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Georgios Papanikolaou, and Killing of Peter Fechter. After him are Dušan Simović, André Lhote, Aleksei Antonov, Princess Helen of Serbia, Vita Sackville-West, and Natalia Sedova.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiji Yoshikawa ranks 272 out of 6,245. Before him are Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Emperor Toba (1103), Emperor Monmu (683), Mōri Motonari (1497), Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), and Hideki Shirakawa (1936). After him are Empress Shōken (1849), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), Emperor Seinei (444), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), and Kentaro Miura (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Eiji Yoshikawa ranks 25. Before him are Shoko Asahara (1955), Mori Ōgai (1862), Shūsaku Endō (1923), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Yosano Akiko (1878), and Kenji Miyazawa (1896). After him are Yosa Buson (1716), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Ryū Murakami (1952), Ihara Saikaku (1642), and Ono no Komachi (825).

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