1823 - 1899
Count Katsu Yasuyoshi (勝 安芳) (born Katsu Yoshikuni (勝 義邦); March 12, 1823—January 21, 1899, best known by his nickname Katsu Kaishū (勝 海舟)) was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period.Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku 海舟書屋) by Sakuma Shōzan. He went through a series of given names throughout his life; his childhood name was Rintarō (麟太郎). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katsu Kaishū has received more than 174,652 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Katsu Kaishū is the 2,223rd most popular writer (down from 2,204th in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from Japan and the 46th most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Katsu Kaishū ranks 2,223 out of 5,755. Before him are Vasily Aksyonov, Margaret Fuller, Hermann Sudermann, Émile Augier, Andrey Kurbsky, and Luís Fróis. After him are Ki no Tsurayuki, François Coppée, János Arany, Uhwudong, Ernst von Salomon, and Leopoldo Alas.
1932 - 2009
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 2,217
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,218
1857 - 1928
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,219
1820 - 1889
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,220
1528 - 1583
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,221
1532 - 1597
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,222
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,223
866 - 945
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,224
1842 - 1908
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,225
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,226
1430 - 1480
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,227
1902 - 1972
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,228
1852 - 1901
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,229
Among people born in 1823, Katsu Kaishū ranks 31. Before him are Théodore de Banville, Jean Chacornac, Pyotr Lavrov, Ante Starčević, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, and Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev. After him are Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Imre Madách, and Marietta Alboni. Among people deceased in 1899, Katsu Kaishū ranks 22. Before him are Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ludwig Büchner, Othniel Charles Marsh, Edward Frankland, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, and Abdallahi ibn Muhammad. After him are Charles Friedel, Emilio Castelar, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Garret Hobart, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Matsumura Sōkon.
1823 - 1891
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 25
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 26
1823 - 1900
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 27
1823 - 1896
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 28
1823 - 1898
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 29
1823 - 1896
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 30
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 31
1823 - 1903
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 32
1823 - 1889
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 33
1823 - 1889
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 34
1823 - 1883
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 35
1823 - 1864
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 36
1823 - 1894
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 37
1874 - 1899
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 16
1824 - 1899
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 17
1831 - 1899
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 18
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 19
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 20
1846 - 1899
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 21
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 22
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 23
1832 - 1899
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 24
1840 - 1899
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 25
1844 - 1899
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 26
1821 - 1899
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 27
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 28
Among people born in Japan, Katsu Kaishū ranks 657 out of 6,048. Before him are Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Hideo Shinojima (1910), Nakano Takeko (1847), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Miki Matsubara (1959), and Emperor Sanjō (976). After him are Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Takashi Miike (1960), and Emperor Reizei (949).
1563 - 1600
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 651
1910 - 1975
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 652
1847 - 1868
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 653
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 654
1959 - 2004
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 655
976 - 1017
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 656
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 657
866 - 945
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 658
1538 - 1590
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 659
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 660
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 661
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 662
949 - 1011
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 663
Among writers born in Japan, Katsu Kaishū ranks 46. Before him are Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Saigyō (1118), and George Ohsawa (1893). After him are Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Kyōka Izumi (1873), and Keigo Higashino (1958).
1901 - 1970
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 40
1871 - 1908
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 41
1283 - 1350
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 42
1162 - 1241
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 43
1118 - 1190
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 44
1893 - 1966
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 45
1823 - 1899
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 46
866 - 945
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 47
1734 - 1809
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 48
976 - 1033
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 49
662 - 710
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 50
1873 - 1939
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 51
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 52