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Masaaki Hatsumi

1931 - Today

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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

Among painters, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 643 out of 1,421Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 115Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 468 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 10Before 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).