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Ki no Tomonori

850 - 904

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Ki no Tomonori (紀 友則, c. 850 – c. 904) was an early Heian waka poet of the court and a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals. He was a compiler of the Kokin Wakashū, though he certainly did not see it to completion as the anthology includes a eulogy to him composed by Ki no Tsurayuki, his cousin and colleague in the compilation effort. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ki no Tomonori has received more than 30,126 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ki no Tomonori is the 4,795th most popular writer (down from 4,292nd in 2019).

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Among writers, Ki no Tomonori ranks 4,795 out of 7,302Before him are Yuriy Fedkovych, Carine Roitfeld, Betje Wolff, Ruth Maier, Hannah More, and Myriam Harry. After him are Gabriello Chiabrera, Robert Bolt, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Zhang Jie, William Martin Leake, and James Lee Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 850, Ki no Tomonori ranks 39Before him are Osberht of Northumbria, Orso II Participazio, Sedulius Scottus, Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Abu Said Gorgani, and Ranulf II of Aquitaine. After him is Ælfflæd. Among people deceased in 904, Ki no Tomonori ranks 5Before him are Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, Antipope Christopher, Yahya ibn al-Qasim, and Kurszán.

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