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Ryōkan

1758 - 1831

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Ryōkan Taigu (良寛大愚) (1758 – 18 February 1831) was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence of Zen life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryōkan has received more than 159,770 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ryōkan is the 2,465th most popular writer (up from 2,522nd in 2019), the 735th most popular biography from Japan (up from 740th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 160k

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  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ryōkan ranks 2,465 out of 5,755Before him are Savitri Devi, Neil Simon, Roberto Calasso, M. Karunanidhi, Chittaranjan Das, and Jim Thompson. After him are Renée Vivien, George of Pisidia, Carl Zuckmayer, André Aciman, Olympiodorus of Thebes, and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Ryōkan ranks 21Before him are Osman Pazvantoğlu, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Carle Vernet, Sin Yun-bok, 8th Dalai Lama, and Noah Webster. After him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Agustín de Betancourt, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Jean Joseph Mounier, and Peter Andreas Heiberg. Among people deceased in 1831, Ryōkan ranks 34Before him are Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, James Hoban, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Jedediah Smith, Jean-Louis Pons, and Henry Maudslay. After him are Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Franz Krommer, Vasily Golovnin, Ferenc Kazinczy, Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Anton Delvig.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryōkan ranks 735 out of 6,048Before him are Michio Yasuda (1949), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Naomi Osaka (1997), and Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539). After him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Naoto Tajima (1912), Uichiro Hatta (1903), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Takako Shimazu (1939), and Rihei Sano (1912).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ryōkan ranks 55Before him are Izumi Shikibu (976), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Keigo Higashino (1958), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), and Amélie Nothomb (1967). After him are Ariwara no Narihira (825), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Shūji Terayama (1935), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), and Ikki Kita (1883).