SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Kōtoku Shūsui

1871 - 1911

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Kōtoku Denjirō (幸徳 傳次郎, November 5, 1871 – January 24, 1911), better known by the pen name Kōtoku Shūsui (Japanese: 幸徳 秋水, Japanese pronunciation: [koːtokɯ ɕɯːsɯi]), was a Japanese socialist and anarchist who played a leading role in introducing anarchism to Japan in the early 20th century. Historian John Crump described him as "the most famous socialist in Japan".He was a prominent figure in radical politics in Japan, opposing the Russo-Japanese War by founding the Heimin-sha group and its associated newspaper, Heimin Shinbun. Due to disregard for state press laws, the newspaper ceased publication in January 1905, and Kōtoku served five months in prison from February to July 1905. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kōtoku Shūsui has received more than 84,063 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kōtoku Shūsui is the 318th most popular social activist (down from 295th in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 84k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kōtoku Shūsuis by language

Over the past year Kōtoku Shūsui has had the most page views in the with 92,100 views, followed by English (19,351), and Chinese (11,335). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (80.35%), Egyptian Arabic (67.70%), and Georgian (67.25%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 318 out of 840. Before him are Mirzo Tursunzoda, Toktogul Satylganov, Natalya Estemirova, Charles Boycott, Abbie Hoffman, and Jason Moore. After him are Baba Amte, M. N. Roy, Meshadi Azizbekov, Frances Ames, Bhikaiji Cama, and Joseph von Sonnenfels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 78. Before him are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Ivan Poddubny, Claus Schilling, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Hubert Cecil Booth, and Emily Carr. After him are Oscar Wisting, Martin Knudsen, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Alexander Spendiaryan, Leonidas Pyrgos, and Luigi Sturzo. Among people deceased in 1911, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 42. Before him are Konrad Duden, Édouard André, John Hughlings Jackson, Piet Cronjé, Maurice Rouvier, and Vasily Klyuchevsky. After him are Antonio Fogazzaro, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Joan Maragall, Dmitry Bogrov, Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, and Fritz von Uhde.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 848 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Seiichi Sakiya (1950), Kanji Ishiwara (1889), Eiko Ishioka (1938), Takeshi Natori (null), and Yūko Tsushima (1947). After him are Akihiro Miwa (1935), Shiro Teshima (1907), Tsuda Umeko (1864), Nakayama Yoshiko (1836), Norio Ohga (1930), and Michio Ashikaga (1950).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Japan

Among social activists born in Japan, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 6. Before him are Sadako Sasaki (1943), Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), and Itagaki Taisuke (1837). After him are Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Megumi Yokota (1964), and Akira Amano (1973).

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