WRITER

Ki no Tsurayuki

866 - 945

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Ki no Tsurayuki (紀 貫之, 872 – June 30, 945) was a Japanese author, poet and court noble of the Heian period. He is best known as the principal compiler of the Kokin Wakashū, also writing its Japanese Preface, and as a possible author of the Tosa Diary, although this was published anonymously. He is well known for his waka poetry and is counted as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals selected by Fujiwara no Kintō; his poetry was included also in the Hyakunin Isshu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ki no Tsurayuki has received more than 77,091 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ki no Tsurayuki is the 2,410th most popular writer (down from 2,217th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from Japan (down from 656th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Japanese Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Notable Works

The Tosa Diary (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature)
2005
Elegische Heimreise. Ein japanisches Tagebuch aus dem Jahre 935
2001
Tosa Diary
1981

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 2,410 out of 7,302. Before him are Alonso de Ercilla, Kate Millett, Charles Maturin, Vasile Alecsandri, Ahmad Shamlou, and Eustache Deschamps. After him are Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Antiochus Kantemir, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sotion, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Vonda N. McIntyre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 866, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 3. Before him are Carloman II, and Leo VI the Wise.  Among people deceased in 945, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 3. Before him are Igor of Kiev, and Hyejong of Goryeo. After him are Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, and Krešimir I of Croatia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 717 out of 6,245. Before him are Masashi Watanabe (1936), Shintaro Abe (1924), Shiro Azumi (null), Izumi Shikibu (976), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), and Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1906). After him are Toshio Hirabayashi (null), Kozo Arai (1950), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Isamu Chō (1895), Shigeo Shingo (1909), and Masami Kurumada (1953).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 49. Before him are Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Saigyō (1118), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Ueda Akinari (1734), and Izumi Shikibu (976). After him are Ikki Kita (1883), Ariwara no Narihira (825), George Ohsawa (1893), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), and Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662).

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