RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ikkyū

1394 - 1481

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Ikkyū (一休宗純, Ikkyū Sōjun, February 1, 1394 – December 12, 1481) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ikkyū has received more than 362,164 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ikkyū is the 969th most popular religious figure (up from 1,062nd in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Japan (up from 343rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ikkyū ranks 969 out of 3,187. Before him are Suhayb ar-Rumi, Antipope Honorius II, Charles I, Count of Flanders, Mary Jane Kelly, Saint Sabina, and Giovanni Angelo Becciu. After him are Saint Petronilla, Fatimah bint Musa, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Nadezhda von Meck, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, and Pietro Gasparri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1394, Ikkyū ranks 8. Before him are Prince Henry the Navigator, Ulugh Beg, Charles, Duke of Orléans, James I of Scotland, Philippa of England, and Cymburgis of Masovia. After him are Basil Valentine, Sidi Boushaki, Ashikaga Yoshinori, and Antonio Beccadelli. Among people deceased in 1481, Ikkyū ranks 5. Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror, Christian I of Denmark, Afonso V of Portugal, and Lekë Dukagjini. After him are Axayacatl, Bartolomeo Platina, Agostino di Duccio, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Erik Axelsson Tott, John I, Duke of Cleves, and Charles IV of Anjou.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ikkyū ranks 307 out of 6,245. Before him are Empress Masako (1963), Akira Kitaguchi (1935), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442), Emperor Sushun (520), and Empress Teimei (1884). After him are Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), Saitō Hajime (1844), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Waichiro Omura (1933), and Go Nagai (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Ikkyū ranks 12. Before him are Empress Meishō (1624), Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Mikao Usui (1865), and Dom Justo Takayama (1552). After him are Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Senhime (1597), Hōnen (1133), and Hōjō Ujimasa (1538).

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