WRITER

Ikki Kita

1883 - 1937

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Ikki Kita (北 一輝, Kita Ikki, 3 April 1883 – 19 August 1937; real name: Kita Terujirō (北 輝次郎)) was a Japanese author, intellectual and political philosopher who was active in early Shōwa period Japan. Drawing from an eclectic range of influences, Kita was a self-described socialist who has also been described by some as the "ideological father of Japanese fascism", though this has been highly contested, as his writings touched equally upon pan-Asianism, Nichiren Buddhism, fundamental human rights and egalitarianism and he was involved with Chinese revolutionary circles. While his publications were invariably censored and he ceased writing after 1923, Kita was an inspiration for elements on the far-right of Japanese politics into the 1930s, particularly his advocacy for territorial expansion and a military coup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ikki Kita has received more than 250,799 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ikki Kita is the 2,440th most popular writer (up from 2,599th in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from Japan (up from 771st in 2019) and the 50th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 250k

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  • 60.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ikki Kita ranks 2,440 out of 7,302. Before him are Zhou Daguan, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Miguel Delibes, Mak Dizdar, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ai Qing. After him are Johann Peter Hebel, Louise Colet, George Meredith, Renée Vivien, Justus of Tiberias, and Johann Karl August Musäus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Ikki Kita ranks 108. Before him are Nikolaos Plastiras, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Marie Under, Riccardo Zandonai, Dmytro Dontsov, and Mauritz Stiller. After him are Sergey Belyavsky, Diego Martínez Barrio, Cho Man-sik, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Sam Wood, and Lon Chaney. Among people deceased in 1937, Ikki Kita ranks 74. Before him are Gabriel Pierné, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Jenő Hubay, Elihu Root, William Sealy Gosset, and Karel Kramář. After him are Paul Émile Chabas, Richard Boleslawski, Eero Järnefelt, Máté Zalka, Lev Karakhan, and Peljidiin Genden.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ikki Kita ranks 725 out of 6,245. Before him are Kozo Arai (1950), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Isamu Chō (1895), Shigeo Shingo (1909), Masami Kurumada (1953), and Fukusaburo Harada (null). After him are Motoo Kimura (1924), Takao Nishiyama (1942), Masabumi Hosono (1870), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), and Tanzan Ishibashi (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ikki Kita ranks 50. Before him are Katsu Kaishū (1823), Saigyō (1118), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), and Ki no Tsurayuki (866). After him are Ariwara no Narihira (825), George Ohsawa (1893), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), and Banana Yoshimoto (1964).

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