WRITER

Mori Ōgai

1862 - 1922

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Lieutenant-General Mori Rintarō (森 林太郎, February 17, 1862 – July 8, 1922), known by his pen name Mori Ōgai (森 鷗外), was a Japanese Army Surgeon general officer, translator, novelist, poet and father of famed author Mari Mori. He obtained his medical license at a very young age and introduced translated German language literary works to the Japanese public. Mori Ōgai also was considered the first to successfully express the art of western poetry in Japanese. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mori Ōgai has received more than 428,178 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Mori Ōgai is the 1,003rd most popular writer (up from 1,048th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Japan (up from 200th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Writer.

Mori ōgai is most famous for its use in the Japanese tea ceremony. Mori ōgai is a type of tea bowl with a long, narrow neck and a flat base. The tea bowl is used to drink matcha, which is a type of powdered green tea.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mori Ōgai ranks 1,003 out of 7,302. Before him are Mimnermus, Henry Fielding, Jean Webster, Nicolas Chamfort, Edith Wharton, and Bertran de Born. After him are Joseph Murphy, Ali Shariati, Jean Giraudoux, Vladimir Bartol, Machado de Assis, and Herodian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Mori Ōgai ranks 28. Before him are Nikolai Yudenich, Louis Barthou, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Daniel Swarovski, and Edith Wharton. After him are Loie Fuller, Siegbert Tarrasch, Prince Henry of Prussia, Mary Kingsley, Henry McMahon, and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1922, Mori Ōgai ranks 27. Before him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Andrey Markov, Léon Bonnat, Nellie Bly, Paul Deschanel, and Gabriel Narutowicz. After him are Camille Jordan, Alessandro Moreschi, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Lothar von Richthofen, Velimir Khlebnikov, and Ōkuma Shigenobu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mori Ōgai ranks 197 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Antoku (1178), Kitarō (1953), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), and Nogi Maresuke (1849). After him are Hiroaki Sato (1932), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Empress Genshō (680), Leo Esaki (1925), and Yukio Hatoyama (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Mori Ōgai ranks 20. Before him are Sei Shōnagon (966), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Masaru Emoto (1943), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Kobayashi Issa (1763), and Shoko Asahara (1955). After him are Shūsaku Endō (1923), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Yosano Akiko (1878), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), and Yosa Buson (1716).

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