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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 70,428 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ki no Tsurayuki is the 2,224th most popular writer (up from 2,277th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Japan (up from 679th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 2,224 out of 5,755Before him are Margaret Fuller, Hermann Sudermann, Émile Augier, Andrey Kurbsky, Luís Fróis, and Katsu Kaishū. After him are François Coppée, János Arany, Uhwudong, Ernst von Salomon, Leopoldo Alas, and Germaine Greer.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 658 out of 6,048Before him are Hideo Shinojima (1910), Nakano Takeko (1847), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Miki Matsubara (1959), Emperor Sanjō (976), and Katsu Kaishū (1823). After him are Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Takashi Miike (1960), Emperor Reizei (949), and Shigeru Takahashi (null).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ki no Tsurayuki ranks 47Before him are Doppo Kunikida (1871), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Saigyō (1118), George Ohsawa (1893), and Katsu Kaishū (1823). After him are Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Keigo Higashino (1958), and Okakura Kakuzō (1862).