1758 - 1831
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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Among writers, Ryōkan ranks 2,465 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1905 - 1982
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,459
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,460
1941 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,461
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,462
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,463
1906 - 1977
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,464
1758 - 1831
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,465
1877 - 1909
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,466
580 - 634
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,467
1896 - 1977
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,468
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,469
301 - 401
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,470
1856 - 1909
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,471
Among people born in 1758, Ryōkan ranks 21. Before 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 34. Before 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.
1758 - 1807
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 15
1758 - 1832
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 16
1758 - 1836
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 17
1758 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 18
1758 - 1804
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 19
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 20
1758 - 1831
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 21
1758 - 1822
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 22
1758 - 1824
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 23
1758 - 1852
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 24
1758 - 1841
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 25
1758 - 1806
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 26
1758 - 1841
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 27
1757 - 1831
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 28
1762 - 1831
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 29
1757 - 1831
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 30
1799 - 1831
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 31
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 32
1771 - 1831
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 33
1758 - 1831
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 34
1793 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 35
1759 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 36
1776 - 1831
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 37
1759 - 1831
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 38
1762 - 1831
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 39
1798 - 1831
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 40
Among people born in Japan, Ryōkan ranks 735 out of 6,048. Before 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).
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 729
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 730
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 731
1853 - 1916
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 732
1997 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 733
1539 - 1610
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 734
1758 - 1831
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 735
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 736
1912 - 1990
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 737
1903 - 1989
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 738
1394 - 1441
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 739
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 740
1912 - 1992
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 741
Among writers born in Japan, Ryōkan ranks 55. Before 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).
976 - 1033
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 49
662 - 710
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 50
1873 - 1939
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 51
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 52
1862 - 1913
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 53
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 54
1758 - 1831
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 55
825 - 880
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 56
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 57
1903 - 1933
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 58
1935 - 1983
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 59
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 60
1883 - 1937
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 61