WRITER

Misuzu Kaneko

1903 - 1930

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Misuzu Kaneko (金子 みすゞ, Kaneko Misuzu, April 11, 1903 – March 10, 1930) was a Japanese poet, known for her poetry for children. She was born Teru Kaneko (金子 テル, Kaneko Teru) in the fishing village of Senzaki, now part of Nagato, Yamaguchi prefecture. Motifs of fishing and the sea often make appearances in her poems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Misuzu Kaneko has received more than 72,304 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Misuzu Kaneko is the 3,478th most popular writer (up from 3,484th in 2019), the 980th most popular biography from Japan (down from 949th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 72k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kaneko Misuzu dōyōshū
Japanese Nursery rhymes, Children's poetry, Japanese
1998
Sora no kāsama
1984
Kaneko Misuzu zenshū
1984
Utsukushii machi
1984
Samishii ōjo
1984
Matsuge no niji
1984

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 3,478 out of 7,302. Before her are Arnošt Lustig, Octavia E. Butler, Alain Chartier, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Solomon Alkabetz, and Bat Ye'or. After her are Moritz Steinschneider, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, John Boyne, Orhan Veli Kanık, Jurij Brězan, and Hiratsuka Raichō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 178. Before her are Fernando Paternoster, Natallia Arsiennieva, Joseph Cornell, Barbara Hepworth, André Maschinot, and Lili Kraus. After her are Johann Horvath, Ary Barroso, W. Ross Ashby, Adolph Gottlieb, Georgy Beriev, and Ernst Wilhelm Bohle. Among people deceased in 1930, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 75. Before her are Alexander Kutepov, Isidor Gunsberg, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Benedykt Dybowski, Carl Panzram, and Olena Pchilka. After her are Władysław Horodecki, Alexander Bogomazov, Herbert Hall Turner, Glenn Curtiss, Joseph Achille Le Bel, and Valeriano Weyler.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 980 out of 6,245. Before her are Kazuo Koike (1936), Abe Masahiro (1819), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Shinji Mikami (1965), and Machiko Hasegawa (1920). After her are Yoko Shimada (1953), Yukio Goto (null), Yasuhiko Okudera (1952), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Tarō Okamoto (1911), and Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 80. Before her are Futabatei Shimei (1864), Ai Yazawa (1967), Itō Noe (1895), Kafū Nagai (1879), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), and Ennin (793). After her are Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Jien (1155), Natsuo Kirino (1951), and Tōson Shimazaki (1872).

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