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Izumo no Okuni

1572 - Today

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Izumo no Okuni (出雲 阿国, born c. 1578; died c. 1613) was a Japanese entertainer and shrine maiden who is believed to have invented the theatrical art form of kabuki. She is thought to have begun performing her new art style of kabuki (lit. 'the art of singing and dancing') theatre in the dry riverbed of the Kamo River in Kyoto. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Izumo no Okuni has received more than 257,992 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Izumo no Okuni is the 24th most popular dancer (up from 5,237th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Japan (up from 376th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Dancer.

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  • 260k

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  • 59.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Izumo no Okuni ranks 24 out of 76. Before her are George Balanchine, Galina Ulanova, Alicia Alonso, Tamara Karsavina, Serge Lifar, and Bronislava Nijinska. After her are Liane de Pougy, Mary Wigman, Carlo Blasis, La Goulue, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, and Merce Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Izumo no Okuni ranks 9. Before her are John Donne, Cornelis Drebbel, Sigismund Báthory, Ben Jonson, Jane Frances de Chantal, and Cyril Lucaris. After her are Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Marie Elisabeth of France, Fakhr al-Din II, Thomas Dekker, and Susenyos I.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Izumo no Okuni ranks 275 out of 6,048. Before her are Yosa Buson (1716), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), Emperor Bidatsu (538), Kido Takayoshi (1833), Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), and Hiroaki Sato (1932). After her are Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Toshio Iwatani (1925), Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Akira Kitaguchi (1935), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), and Leiji Matsumoto (1938).

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Among DANCERS In Japan

Among dancers born in Japan, Izumo no Okuni ranks 1. 

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