RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Musō Soseki

1275 - 1351

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Musō Soseki (夢窓 疎石, 1275 – October 20, 1351) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and teacher, and a calligraphist, poet and garden designer. The most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi (夢窓国師, "national [Zen] teacher Musō"), an honorific conferred on him by Emperor Go-Daigo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musō Soseki has received more than 88,654 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Musō Soseki is the 2,155th most popular religious figure (down from 1,993rd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 89k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Musō Soseki ranks 2,155 out of 3,187. Before him are Luigi Poggi, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow, Angelo Felici, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Polyeuctus of Constantinople, and Saint Pirmin. After him are Hilary of Arles, Rupert Mayer, Nectarius of Constantinople, François de Tournon, Pedro Casaldáliga, and Hans Talhoffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1275, Musō Soseki ranks 10. Before him are Basarab I of Wallachia, Dnyaneshwar, John II, Duke of Brabant, Mondino de Luzzi, Chungseon of Goryeo, and Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. After him are Edward Bruce, Abu Sa'id Uthman II, and Walter Burley. Among people deceased in 1351, Musō Soseki ranks 6. Before him are Muhammad bin Tughluq, Eleanor de Guzmán, Joanna of Pfirt, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, and Mastino II della Scala.

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