WRITER

Izumi Shikibu

976 - 1033

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Izumi Shikibu (Japanese: 和泉式部, born 976?) was a mid-Heian period Japanese poet. She is a member of the Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals (中古三十六歌仙, chūko sanjurokkasen). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Izumi Shikibu has received more than 101,984 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Izumi Shikibu is the 2,394th most popular writer (down from 2,324th in 2019), the 714th most popular biography from Japan (down from 687th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

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  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Izumi Shikibu ranks 2,394 out of 7,302. Before her are Émile Augier, André Frossard, Charles Berlitz, Akaki Tsereteli, Laura Esquivel, and S. N. Goenka. After her are Johann Jakob Bodmer, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Per Petterson, Jeremias Gotthelf, M. Karunanidhi, and Abu-l-'Atahiya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 976, Izumi Shikibu ranks 3. Before her are Emperor Sanjō, and Muhammad III of Córdoba.  Among people deceased in 1033, Izumi Shikibu ranks 1. 

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Izumi Shikibu ranks 714 out of 6,245. Before her are Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Sakae Takahashi (null), Takeo Takahashi (1947), Masashi Watanabe (1936), Shintaro Abe (1924), and Shiro Azumi (null). After her are Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1906), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Toshio Hirabayashi (null), Kozo Arai (1950), and Yamamoto Kansuke (1493).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Izumi Shikibu ranks 48. Before her are Kyōka Izumi (1873), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Saigyō (1118), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), and Ueda Akinari (1734). After her are Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ikki Kita (1883), Ariwara no Narihira (825), George Ohsawa (1893), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), and Seichō Matsumoto (1909).

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