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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 194,806 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Masaoka Shiki is the 1,701st most popular writer (down from 1,652nd in 2019), the 485th most popular biography from Japan (down from 470th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 190k

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  • 56.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Masaoka Shiki ranks 1,701 out of 5,755. Before him are Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Manuel Puig, John Gay, Adamantios Korais, Voltairine de Cleyre, and Joseph Addison. After him are Elsa Beskow, Akiyuki Nosaka, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Namık Kemal, Aryadeva, and Alma Reville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Masaoka Shiki ranks 49. Before him are Leo Jogiches, Antti Aarne, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Charles Koechlin, Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Jeanne Lanvin. After him are Henry L. Stimson, Mikhail Eisenstein, Marcel Schwob, Elvira Madigan, Sundance Kid, and Hiranuma Kiichirō. Among people deceased in 1902, Masaoka Shiki ranks 19. Before him are Ion Ivanovici, Albert of Saxony, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Henryk Siemiradzki, Albert Bierstadt, and John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton. After him are Charles Dow, Jacint Verdaguer, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jan Gotlib Bloch, and Prudente de Morais.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaoka Shiki ranks 485 out of 6,048. Before him are Taira no Masakado (903), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Akira Yoshino (1948), Kentaro Miura (1966), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), and Yukio Tsuda (1917). After him are Fujiwara no Kamatari (614), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Tokizo Ichihashi (1909), Masanori Tokita (1925), Emperor Takakura (1161), and Emperor Hanazono (1297).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Masaoka Shiki ranks 35. Before him are Ihara Saikaku (1642), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Ono no Komachi (825), Ryū Murakami (1952), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), and Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192). After him are Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Junji Ito (1963), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), and Doppo Kunikida (1871).

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