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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

662 - 710

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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本 人麻呂 or 柿本 人麿; c. 653–655 – c. 707–710) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. He was the most prominent of the poets included in the Man'yōshū, the oldest waka anthology, but apart from what can be gleaned from hints in the Man'yōshū, the details of his life are largely uncertain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro has received more than 86,836 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kakinomoto no Hitomaro is the 2,542nd most popular writer (down from 2,363rd in 2019), the 754th most popular biography from Japan (down from 700th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro ranks 2,542 out of 7,302. Before him are Na Hye-sok, Aristeas, Seichō Matsumoto, Katherine Jackson, Frano Selak, and Şihabetdin Märcani. After him are Alexandra Ripley, Philo of Byblos, Juan del Encina, Al-Asmaʿi, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Cornelis de Bruijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 662, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro ranks 4. Before him are Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Odile of Alsace, and Raginpert.  Among people deceased in 710, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro ranks 7. Before him are Saint Giles, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Wittiza, Rupert of Salzburg, Shangguan Wan'er, and Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi. After him is Adrian of Canterbury.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro ranks 754 out of 6,245. Before him are Eiji Toyoda (1913), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Prince Hisaaki (1276), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), and Kikuzo Kisaka (null). After him are Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Michihiro Ozawa (1932), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), and Osachi Hamaguchi (1870).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro ranks 55. Before him are Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ikki Kita (1883), Ariwara no Narihira (825), George Ohsawa (1893), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), and Seichō Matsumoto (1909). After him are Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Ryōkan (1758), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Shūji Terayama (1935), and Fumiko Enchi (1905).

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