WRITER

Masaoka Shiki

1867 - 1902

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Masaoka Shiki (正岡 子規, October 14, 1867 – September 19, 1902), pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡 升), was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during his short life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masaoka Shiki has received more than 192,576 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Masaoka Shiki is the 1,816th most popular writer (down from 1,697th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from Japan (down from 483rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Peonies kana
1973
Shiki zenshū
1930
Songs from a bamboo village
Translations into English
1998
Masaoka Shiki (Sakkka no jiden)
1995
Masaoka Shiki shū
1968
Masaoka Shiki
Haiku, Translations into English, Waka
1956

Page views of Masaoka Shikis by language

Over the past year Masaoka Shiki has had the most page views in the with 283,386 views, followed by English (23,858), and Chinese (10,761). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (1,213.70%), Cebuano (107.14%), and Newar (69.63%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Masaoka Shiki ranks 1,816 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfredo M. Bonanno, Theophylact of Ohrid, Martin of Opava, Josep Pla, Agnes Smedley, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier. After him are Theodor Nöldeke, Juan Carlos Onetti, Frederik Pohl, Gregory Tsamblak, Rodulfus Glaber, and Xu Shen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Masaoka Shiki ranks 58. Before him are Charles Fabry, Marcel Schwob, Carl Laemmle, Hiranuma Kiichirō, Adam Stefan Sapieha, and Elvira Madigan. After him are Jeanne Lanvin, Henri Gouraud, Arthur Rackham, Sundance Kid, Julien Benda, and Marie Krøyer. Among people deceased in 1902, Masaoka Shiki ranks 21. Before him are James Tissot, Victor D'Hondt, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederick Abel. After him are Charles Dow, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Adolf Kussmaul, Jan Gotlib Bloch, and Imre Steindl.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaoka Shiki ranks 546 out of 6,245. Before him are Chōsokabe Motochika (1539), Arawa Kimura (1931), Kunihiko Kodaira (1915), Shumpei Inoue (null), Emperor Go-Murakami (1328), and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923). After him are Seiichi Itō (1890), Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Takeo Miki (1907), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), and Shibata Katsuie (1522).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Masaoka Shiki ranks 36. Before him are Ihara Saikaku (1642), Ono no Komachi (825), Junji Ito (1963), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), and Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192). After him are Doppo Kunikida (1871), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Keigo Higashino (1958), and Kyōka Izumi (1873).

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