WRITER

Kamo no Chōmei

1155 - 1216

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Kamo no Chōmei (鴨 長明, 1153 or 1155–1216) was a Japanese author, poet (in the waka form), and essayist. He witnessed a series of natural and social disasters, and, having lost his political backing, was passed over for promotion within the Shinto shrine associated with his family. He decided to turn his back on society, took Buddhist vows, and became a hermit, living outside the capital. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamo no Chōmei has received more than 95,664 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kamo no Chōmei is the 2,785th most popular writer (down from 2,753rd in 2019), the 821st most popular biography from Japan (down from 804th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kamo no Chōmei ranks 2,785 out of 7,302. Before him are Josephine Tey, Larry Niven, Marion Chesney, Guido Guinizelli, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, and Carl Sandburg. After him are Matthías Jochumsson, Tadeusz Różewicz, Philitas of Cos, James Herriot, Symeon of Polotsk, and Kristjan Jaak Peterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1155, Kamo no Chōmei ranks 13. Before him are Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Kilij Arslan II, Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, Peter II of Courtenay, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera. After him are Blondel de Nesle, Jien, Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway, Gervase of Tilbury, and Sigurd Markusfostre. Among people deceased in 1216, Kamo no Chōmei ranks 6. Before him are Pope Innocent III, John, King of England, Shota Rustaveli, Eric X of Sweden, and Henry of Flanders. After him are Ida, Countess of Boulogne, Robert de Clari, and Theodore II of Constantinople.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kamo no Chōmei ranks 821 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshiki (1965), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), and Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718). After him are Hide (1964), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Michio Yasuda (1949), Takashi Ono (1931), Kuroki Tamemoto (1844), and Takiji Kobayashi (1903).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kamo no Chōmei ranks 63. Before him are Yasushi Inoue (1907), Ryōkan (1758), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Shūji Terayama (1935), Fumiko Enchi (1905), and Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718). After him are Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Yūko Tsushima (1947), and Takeo Arishima (1878).

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