1931 - Today
Masaaki Hatsumi (初見 良昭, Hatsumi Masaaki, born December 2, 1931), formerly Yoshiaki Hatsumi, is the founder of the Bujinkan Organization and is the former Togakure-ryū soke (grandmaster). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masaaki Hatsumi has received more than 422,884 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Masaaki Hatsumi is the 643rd most popular painter (down from 624th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Japan (up from 488th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Painter.
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Among painters, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 643 out of 1,421. Before him are Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Jules Dupré, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Joachim von Sandrart, Antoine Wiertz, and Constant Troyon. After him are Ni Zan, Evelyn De Morgan, Agnolo Gaddi, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Friedrich von Amerling, and Viktor Hartmann.
1639 - 1709
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 637
1811 - 1889
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 638
1525 - 1578
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 639
1606 - 1688
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 640
1806 - 1865
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 641
1810 - 1865
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 642
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 643
1301 - 1374
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 644
1855 - 1919
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 645
1350 - 1396
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 646
1531 - 1588
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 647
1803 - 1887
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 648
1834 - 1873
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 649
Among people born in 1931, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 115. Before him are Zeki Müren, Ferenc Mádl, Augusto Boal, John Charles, Ken Takakura, and Ivan Klíma. After him are Juan Goytisolo, Hiroto Muraoka, Claire Bloom, Silvia Pinal, Pierre Nora, and Hirokazu Kanazawa.
1931 - 1996
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 109
1931 - 2011
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 110
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 111
1931 - 2004
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 112
1931 - 2014
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 113
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 114
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 115
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 116
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 117
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 118
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 119
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 120
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 121
Among people born in Japan, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 468 out of 6,048. Before him are Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), Junji Kawano (1945), Ken Takakura (1931), Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Mitsumasa Yonai (1880), and Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008). After him are Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Eisai (1141), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Saichō (767), and Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950).
1641 - 1680
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 462
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 463
1931 - 2014
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 464
1835 - 1924
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 465
1880 - 1948
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 466
1008 - 1036
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 467
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 468
1876 - 1928
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 469
1141 - 1215
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 470
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 471
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 472
767 - 822
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 473
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 474
Among painters born in Japan, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 10. Before him are Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), and Hishikawa Moronobu (1618). After him are Takashi Murakami (1962), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570).
1886 - 1968
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4
1725 - 1770
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 5
1420 - 1506
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 6
1839 - 1892
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 7
1786 - 1865
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 8
1618 - 1694
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 9
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 11
1658 - 1716
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 12
1543 - 1590
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 13
1752 - 1815
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 14
1539 - 1610
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 15
1570 - 1643
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 16