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WRITER

Hiratsuka Raichō

1886 - 1971

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Hiratsuka Raichō (平塚 らいちょう, transliterated らいてう according to the historical kana orthography; born Hiratsuka Haru, 平塚 明; February 10, 1886 – May 24, 1971) was a Japanese writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist, and pioneering feminist in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiratsuka Raichō has received more than 65,096 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hiratsuka Raichō is the 3,404th most popular writer (up from 3,610th in 2019), the 920th most popular biography from Japan (up from 962nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hiratsuka Raichō ranks 3,404 out of 5,755. Before her are Stanisław Konarski, Mikhail Isakovsky, Maria Deraismes, Victor Pelevin, Mastoureh Ardalan, and Penelope Fitzgerald. After her are James Herbert Brennan, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Liza Marklund, Martin Amis, Eduard Vilde, and Natsuo Kirino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hiratsuka Raichō ranks 163. Before her are Jean Hersholt, G. I. Taylor, Ernest Burgess, Rudolf Belling, Othmar Schoeck, and Austin Osman Spare. After her are Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, Franz Josef Popp, August Rei, George Cœdès, Victor Boin, and Siegfried Sassoon. Among people deceased in 1971, Hiratsuka Raichō ranks 112. Before her are David Sarnoff, Vikram Sarabhai, Chester Conklin, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Maguba Syrtlanova, and William F. Albright. After her are Wasfi Tal, Lester Germer, Bobby Jones, Gladys Cooper, Kathleen Lonsdale, and Paruyr Sevak.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiratsuka Raichō ranks 920 out of 6,048. Before her are Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), Ennin (793), Akira Matsunaga (1948), Minoru Kobata (1946), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), and Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928). After her are Sunao Tawara (1873), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kiyonao Ichiki (1892), Shigemi Ishii (1951), Natsuo Kirino (1951), and Ai Yazawa (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Hiratsuka Raichō ranks 79. Before her are Kafū Nagai (1879), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Itō Noe (1895), and Ennin (793). After her are Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), and Fumiko Enchi (1905).

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