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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 182,412 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Ohsawa is the 2,186th most popular writer, the 649th most popular biography from Japan and the 45th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 54.46

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Ohsawa ranks 2,186 out of 5,755Before him are Annie M. G. Schmidt, Mak Dizdar, Magnus Felix Ennodius, Yasmina Reza, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Morgan Robertson. After him are Walter of Châtillon, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Matthew Arnold, John Flanagan, and Édouard Drumont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, George Ohsawa ranks 97Before him are Marianne Brandt, William Moulton Marston, Gaston Julia, Miloš Crnjanski, Rahul Sankrityayan, and Vera Brittain. After him are Mikheil Gelovani, José Calvo Sotelo, Ben Hecht, Jean Absil, Alois Hába, and Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1966, George Ohsawa ranks 77Before him are Wilhelm Röpke, Elena Stasova, Emil Brunner, Vladimir Minorsky, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski. After him are Vilis Lācis, Robert Rossen, Hermann Scherchen, Wieland Wagner, Otto von Knobelsdorff, and Venceslau Brás.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 649 out of 6,048Before him are Takeo Takagi (1892), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), and Tsuyoshi Kunieda (1944). After him are Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Hideo Shinojima (1910), Nakano Takeko (1847), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), and Miki Matsubara (1959).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 45Before him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), and Saigyō (1118). After him are Katsu Kaishū (1823), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), and Kyōka Izumi (1873).