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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 68,645 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ennin is the 3,380th most popular writer (down from 3,052nd in 2019), the 915th most popular biography from Japan and the 78th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 69k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ennin ranks 3,380 out of 5,755. Before him are Oles Honchar, Michael Cristofer, Karel Kryl, Antoninus Liberalis, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, and Al-A'sha. After him are Jiří Wolker, Nichita Stănescu, Caspar Barlaeus, Vladimir Odoyevsky, Sophie von La Roche, and Paul Déroulède.

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Contemporaries

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

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    Ennin

    793 - 864

    HPI: 50.49

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ennin ranks 915 out of 6,048. Before him are Kazuhisa Kono (1950), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), and Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940). After him are Akira Matsunaga (1948), Minoru Kobata (1946), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), and Sunao Tawara (1873).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ennin ranks 78. Before him are Futabatei Shimei (1864), Kafū Nagai (1879), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), and Itō Noe (1895). After him are Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), and Sakyo Komatsu (1931).

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