WRITER

Futabatei Shimei

1864 - 1909

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Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭 四迷, 4 April 1864 – 10 May 1909) was a Japanese writer, translator, and literary critic. His writings are in the realist style popular in the mid to late 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Futabatei Shimei has received more than 54,870 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Futabatei Shimei is the 3,269th most popular writer (down from 3,123rd in 2019), the 939th most popular biography from Japan (down from 866th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

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  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Futabatei Shimei shū
1971
Futabatei Shimei shu
1928
An adopted husband
1919
Futabatei Shimei zenshū
1984
Heibon
1949
Futabatei Shimei
2000

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Futabatei Shimei ranks 3,269 out of 7,302. Before him are Erich Weinert, Bekir Çoban-zade, Maurice de Guérin, Agniya Barto, Ramón Chao, and Sakya Pandita. After him are Caesarius of Heisterbach, Julius Obsequens, Curt von Bardeleben, John Brunner, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, and Duarte Barbosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Futabatei Shimei ranks 99. Before him are George Washington Carver, Banjo Paterson, Maud Watson, Léon Gaumont, José Gregorio Hernández, and Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Marguerite Durand, John Henry Mackay, Akashi Motojiro, Leonard Hobhouse, Vladimir Steklov, and Juan Benlloch i Vivó. Among people deceased in 1909, Futabatei Shimei ranks 57. Before him are Walther Ritz, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Alessandro Fortis, Paul Ranson, Pascual Cervera y Topete, and Helena Modjeska. After him are Giuseppe Martucci, Harry Seeley, Eva Bonnier, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Madan Lal Dhingra, and Innokenty Annensky.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Futabatei Shimei ranks 939 out of 6,245. Before him are Tadao Onishi (1943), Shōji Nishimura (1889), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Tomomi Seo (1950), Tokugawa Nariaki (1800), and Torii Kiyonobu I (1664). After him are Takeshi Obata (1969), Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Takeshi Ono (1944), Kuroda Seiki (1866), and Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Futabatei Shimei ranks 74. Before him are Yūko Tsushima (1947), Takeo Arishima (1878), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Naoya Shiga (1883), and Kan Kikuchi (1888). After him are Ai Yazawa (1967), Itō Noe (1895), Kafū Nagai (1879), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Ennin (793), and Misuzu Kaneko (1903).

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