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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ikkyū has received more than 331,104 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ikkyū is the 1,071st most popular religious figure (down from 996th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Japan (up from 369th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ikkyū ranks 1,071 out of 2,238. Before him are Shamgar, Maria Celeste, 6th Dalai Lama, Annie Chapman, Antipope Philip, and Antipope Gregory VI. After him are Balak, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Urraca of Zamora, Nahshon, Pamphilus of Caesarea, and Elizabeth Blount.

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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 Ashikaga Yoshinori and Antonio Beccadelli. Among people deceased in 1481, Ikkyū ranks 6. Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror, Christian I of Denmark, Afonso V of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, and Axayacatl. After him are Bartolomeo Platina, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Agostino di Duccio, Charles IV of Anjou, Erik Axelsson Tott, and Francesco Filelfo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ikkyū ranks 345 out of 6,048. Before him are Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Emperor Go-Toba (1180), Emperor Kōbun (648), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), and Emperor Sushun (520). After him are Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Tanaka Giichi (1864), Takeshi Inoue (1928), Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), Emperor Toba (1103), and Hideki Shirakawa (1936).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Ikkyū ranks 11. Before him are Abe no Seimei (921), Empress Meishō (1624), Paulo Miki (1564), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), and Sen no Rikyū (1522). After him are Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), and Soga no Umako (551).

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