WRITER

Ennin

793 - 864

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Ennin (圓仁 or 円仁, 793 CE or 794 CE – 864 CE), better known in Japan by his posthumous name, Jikaku Daishi (慈覺大師), was a priest of the Tendai school of Buddhism in Japan, and its third Zasu (座主, "Head of the Tendai Order"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ennin has received more than 73,071 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ennin is the 3,442nd most popular writer (down from 3,368th in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 912th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ru Tang qiu fa xun li ji
Description and travel, Tendai Priests, China
1998
Iptang kupŏp sullye haenggi
Travel, Tendai priests, Description and travel
1991
Ru Tang qiu fa xun li xing ji
Travel, Description and travel, Biography
1986
Nittō guhō junrei kōki
Travel, Tendai priests, Description and travel
1970
Nitto guho junrei koki
1985
Nittō guhō junrei gyōki
Sources, Buddha and Buddhism, Description and travel
1955
Nittō guhō junrei gyōki
Sources, Buddha and Buddhism, Description and travel
1955
Nitto guho junrei koki
Travel, Tendai priests, Description and travel
1985
Diary
Sources, Buddha and Buddhism, China
1955
入唐求法巡礼行記
Buddhism, Travel, Description and travel
2007
Ennin's Diary
Sources, Buddhism, Description and travel
1955
Nittō guhō junrei gyōki
Travel, Description and travel
1926

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ennin ranks 3,442 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Kerr, Alberto Savinio, Nikola Vaptsarov, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Andrey Piontkovsky, and Zulfiya. After him are Sanmao, Massimo Bontempelli, Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Robert M. Parker Jr., David C. H. Austin, and Vladimir Megre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 793, Ennin ranks 1. After him is Theophylact. Among people deceased in 864, Ennin ranks 5. Before him are Pepin II of Aquitaine, Trpimir I of Croatia, Pietro Tradonico, and Yahya ibn Muhammad. After him is Humfrid.

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    Ennin

    WRITER

    793 - 864

    HPI: 51.70

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Theophylact

    Theophylact

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    793 - 849

    HPI: 42.84

    Rank: 2

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ennin ranks 973 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Hiroshi Ninomiya (1937), and Akashi Motojiro (1864). After him are Kazuo Koike (1936), Abe Masahiro (1819), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Shinji Mikami (1965), and Machiko Hasegawa (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ennin ranks 79. Before him are Kan Kikuchi (1888), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Ai Yazawa (1967), Itō Noe (1895), Kafū Nagai (1879), and Nobuko Yoshiya (1896). After him are Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Jien (1155), and Natsuo Kirino (1951).

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