PHILOSOPHER

Masanobu Fukuoka

1913 - 2008

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Masanobu Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡 正信, Hepburn: Fukuoka Masanobu, 2 February 1913 – 16 August 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, herbicide and pesticide free cultivation methods from which he created a particular method of agriculture, commonly referred to as "natural farming" or "do-nothing farming".Fukuoka was the author of several books, scientific papers and other publications, and was featured in television documentaries and interviews from the 1970s onwards. His influences went beyond farming to inspire individuals within the natural food and lifestyle movements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masanobu Fukuoka has received more than 656,877 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Masanobu Fukuoka is the 379th most popular philosopher (down from 367th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Japan (down from 150th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Philosopher.

Masanobu Fukuoka is most famous for his book "The One-Straw Revolution" in which he explains his philosophy of natural farming. He believes that the most effective way to farm is to create a system that mimics nature.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Masanobu Fukuoka has had the most page views in the with 73,601 views, followed by Japanese (22,706), and Spanish (17,796). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (689.89%), Kannada (85.12%), and Basque (73.77%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Masanobu Fukuoka ranks 379 out of 1,267. Before him are Richard Avenarius, Nicephorus Gregoras, Leo Strauss, Ágnes Heller, Gennadius Scholarius, and Hilary Putnam. After him are John of Salisbury, Plutarch of Athens, Saadia Gaon, Karl Rahner, George Santayana, and J. L. Austin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Masanobu Fukuoka ranks 48. Before him are Erich Priebke, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Jacobo Árbenz, Vinicius de Moraes, Muddy Waters, and Aimé Césaire. After him are Charles Trenet, Mary Ainsworth, Gert Fröbe, Tito Gobbi, Mehmet Shehu, and Xi Zhongxun. Among people deceased in 2008, Masanobu Fukuoka ranks 40. Before him are Mel Ferrer, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, Aimé Césaire, Edward Norton Lorenz, and Ivan Rebroff. After him are Chiara Lubich, George Carlin, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Lansana Conté, Dražan Jerković, and Robert Rauschenberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masanobu Fukuoka ranks 175 out of 6,245. Before him are Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Emperor Suinin (-69), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Syukuro Manabe (1931), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), and Masaki Kobayashi (1916). After him are Arata Isozaki (1931), Yohji Yamamoto (1943), Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519), Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Emperor Momozono (1741), and Sanada Yukimura (1567).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Masanobu Fukuoka ranks 2. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835). After him are Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Hayashi Razan (1583), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).

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