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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 128,998 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Fujiwara no Teika is the 2,044th most popular writer (up from 2,296th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Japan (up from 682nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 24

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 2,044 out of 5,755. Before him are Joseph Kessel, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Felice Romani, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Pir Sultan Abdal, and Paul Adam. After him are Joachim Neander, Fred Vargas, Herman Bang, Richard Adams, Taliesin, and Abdul-Qādir Bedil.

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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, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, and Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen.  Among people deceased in 1241, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 10. Before him are Pope Celestine IV, Valdemar II of Denmark, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Henry II the Pious, Isabella of England, and Köten. After him are Amaury de Montfort, Irene Laskarina, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, Manuel Doukas, and Berenguer de Palou II.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 616 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Kameyama (1249), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Giant Baba (1938), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Tadao Takayama (1904), and Sakae Takahashi (null). After him are Takeo Miki (1907), Setsu Sawagata (null), Nobuyuki Oishi (1939), Gotō Shinpei (1857), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), and Senjūrō Hayashi (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 43. Before him are Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Junji Ito (1963), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Doppo Kunikida (1871), and Yoshida Kenkō (1283). After him are Saigyō (1118), George Ohsawa (1893), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ueda Akinari (1734), and Izumi Shikibu (976).

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