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WRITER

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

1886 - 1965

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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work ranges from shocking depictions of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions to subtle portrayals of the dynamics of family life within the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki has received more than 726,951 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is the 703rd most popular writer (up from 780th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Japan (up from 102nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Writer.

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is most famous for his sexual writings.

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  • 63.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 703 out of 5,755. Before him are Carlos Fuentes, Jacinto Benavente, Dashiell Hammett, Jean Froissart, Arto Paasilinna, and John Dos Passos. After him are Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Frederick Forsyth, Chevalier d'Éon, Joseph Campbell, Tukaram, and Jin Yong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 32. Before him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Jan Masaryk, Hugo Ball, and Robert Robinson. After him are Michael Curtiz, Edward C. Tolman, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Kurt Koffka, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Paul Tillich. Among people deceased in 1965, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 22. Before him are T. S. Eliot, Nat King Cole, Hermann Staudinger, Moshe Sharett, Paul Hermann Müller, and Helena Rubinstein. After him are Dorothea Lange, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, La Belle Otero, Edogawa Ranpo, and Paul Tillich.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 99 out of 6,048. Before him are Joe Hisaishi (1950), Fumimaro Konoe (1891), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Emperor Kōan (-427), Tarō Asō (1940), and Abe no Seimei (921). After him are Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Kenzō Takada (1939), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Prince Shōtoku (574), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), and Sakamoto Ryōma (1836).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 14. Before him are Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), and Masaru Emoto (1943). After him are Kōbō Abe (1924), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Shoko Asahara (1955), and D. T. Suzuki (1870).

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