WRITER

Ryōtarō Shiba

1923 - 1996

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Teiichi Fukuda (福田 定一, August 7, 1923 – February 12, 1996), also known as Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬 遼太郎), was a Japanese author. He is best known for his novels about historical events in Japan and on the Northeast Asian sub-continent, as well as his historical and cultural essays pertaining to Japan and its relationship to the rest of the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryōtarō Shiba has received more than 141,790 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ryōtarō Shiba is the 3,528th most popular writer (down from 3,204th in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from Japan (down from 880th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 3,528 out of 7,302. Before him are Johannes von Tepl, Arator, Sara Teasdale, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Nikolay Ogarev, and Helena Roerich. After him are Rutka Laskier, Laza Lazarević, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Molla Panah Vagif, and Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 219. Before him are Gerald Götting, Bryce DeWitt, Leon Niemczyk, Jean Delumeau, William Guarnere, and Lydia Clarke. After him are Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Gordon Jackson, Michael V. Gazzo, Murray Hamilton, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and Juan Arza. Among people deceased in 1996, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 154. Before him are Danilo Alvim, Edmund Muskie, Teodoro Fernández, Tarō Okamoto, Léo Malet, and Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. After him are Chen Jingrun, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Bernhard Klodt, Reinhard Libuda, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Seymour Cray.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 991 out of 6,245. Before him are Tarō Okamoto (1911), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Makino Nobuaki (1861), Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Akira Ifukube (1914), and Nagayasu Honda (null). After him are Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Nakahama Manjirō (1827), Jien (1155), Natsuo Kirino (1951), and Akio Ōtsuka (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 82. Before him are Itō Noe (1895), Kafū Nagai (1879), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Ennin (793), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), and Hiratsuka Raichō (1886). After him are Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Jien (1155), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Michitsuna's mother (935), and Shinichi Hoshi (1926).

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