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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 93,776 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Izumi Shikibu is the 2,331st most popular writer (up from 2,387th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from Japan (up from 704th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Izumi Shikibu ranks 2,331 out of 5,755. Before her are Joseph Joffo, Zosimos of Panopolis, James Boswell, Edward Bunker, René de Obaldia, and Frans G. Bengtsson. After her are Henri Desgrange, Salvador de Madariaga, Constantine Manasses, Waldemar Bonsels, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, and Antimachus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 976, Izumi Shikibu ranks 2. Before her is Emperor Sanjō. After her is 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 689 out of 6,048. Before her are Hōnen (1133), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Keisai Eisen (1790), Noritaka Hidaka (1947), and Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866). After her are Ukita Hideie (1573), Yoshinobu Ishii (1939), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), Akira Nishino (1955), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), and Hiroshi Saeki (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Izumi Shikibu ranks 49. Before her are Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Saigyō (1118), George Ohsawa (1893), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), and Ueda Akinari (1734). After her are Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Keigo Higashino (1958), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Amélie Nothomb (1967), and Ryōkan (1758).

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