WRITER

George Ohsawa

1893 - 1966

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George Ohsawa (born Nyoichi Sakurazawa (櫻澤 如一); October 18, 1893 – April 23, 1966) was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo Sakurazawa, Nyoiti Sakurazawa, and Yukikazu Sakurazawa. He also used the French first name Georges while living in France, and his name is sometimes also given this spelling. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Ohsawa has received more than 197,930 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Ohsawa is the 2,473rd most popular writer (down from 2,179th in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from Japan (down from 647th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La Philosophie de la médecine d'Extrême-Orient
Oriental Medicine, Oriental Philosophy
1972
The book of judgement =
1980
Le livre des fleurs
Bonsai, Flowers, Japanese Flower arrangement
1972
Macrobiotics
Diet, Nutrition, Medicine
1984
L' Ère atomique et la philosophie d'Extrême-Orient
Oriental Philosophy, Philosophy, Science
1976
Principe unique de la philosophie et de la science d'Extrême-Orient
Chinese Philosophy, History, Japanese Philosophy
1973

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Ohsawa ranks 2,473 out of 7,302. Before him are Dick Francis, Christopher Priest, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Valentin Kataev, Andrey Kurbsky, and Lidia Zamenhof. After him are Sergey Aksakov, John of Ephesus, Marlen Haushofer, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Richard Wright, and Eeva Kilpi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, George Ohsawa ranks 116. Before him are Cedric Gibbons, Ba Maw, José Calvo Sotelo, Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Paul van Zeeland, and Meghnad Saha. After him are Carlo Emilio Gadda, Ernst Marischka, Frederick William Franz, José María Velasco Ibarra, Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, and Olga Baclanova. Among people deceased in 1966, George Ohsawa ranks 87. Before him are Emil Brunner, Philipp Frank, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Charles Whitman, Robert Rossen, and Victor Kravchenko. After him are Nikolay Cherkasov, Alfred P. Sloan, Arthur Percival, Boris Podolsky, Helen Kane, and Elio Vittorini.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 735 out of 6,245. Before him are Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Donald Tsang (1944), Ariwara no Narihira (825), and Kisshomaru Ueshiba (1921). After him are Kanō Eitoku (1543), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Soga no Umako (551), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), and Kōdō Sawaki (1880).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 52. Before him are Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ikki Kita (1883), and Ariwara no Narihira (825). After him are Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), and Ryōkan (1758).

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