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Fujiwara no Teika

1162 - 1241

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Fujiwara no Sadaie (藤原定家), better-known as Fujiwara no Teika (1162 – September 26, 1241), was a Japanese anthologist, calligrapher, literary critic, novelist, poet, and scribe of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. His influence was enormous, and he is counted as among the greatest of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form – an ancient poetic form consisting of five lines with a total of 31 syllables. Teika's critical ideas on composing poetry were extremely influential and studied until as late as the Meiji era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fujiwara no Teika has received more than 137,570 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Fujiwara no Teika is the 2,316th most popular writer (down from 2,038th in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 614th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 2,316 out of 7,302. Before him are August Derleth, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gabriel Matzneff, Berthold Auerbach, Donald Adamson, and Wanda Wasilewska. After him are Kerstin Ekman, Vasko Popa, Sergei Nilus, Nguyễn Du, Xue Tao, and Zabel Yesayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1162, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 6. Before him are Genghis Khan, Jamukha, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen, and Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi. After him are Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine, and Eudokia Komnene, Lady of Montpellier. Among people deceased in 1241, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 11. Before him are Valdemar II of Denmark, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Henry II the Pious, Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, and Köten. After him are Amaury de Montfort, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, Irene Laskarina, Ludwig III, Count of Württemberg, Manuel Doukas, and Berenguer de Palou II.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 693 out of 6,245. Before him are Motoori Norinaga (1730), Mie Hama (1943), Heisuke Hironaka (1931), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Tomoji Tanabe (1895), and Meiko Kaji (1947). After him are Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628), Kenzo Ohashi (1934), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Shō Shin (1465), Takako Shimazu (1939), and Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 46. Before him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Katsu Kaishū (1823), and Saigyō (1118). After him are Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ikki Kita (1883), Ariwara no Narihira (825), and George Ohsawa (1893).

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