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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryōtarō Shiba has received more than 124,614 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ryōtarō Shiba is the 3,216th most popular writer (down from 3,051st in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 848th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 3,216 out of 5,755Before him are Hans Erich Nossack, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dionysius Periegetes, Ferenc Kazinczy, Joseph Görres, and Christian Dietrich Grabbe. After him are Charles de Saint-Évremond, Alexis Piron, Martin Gray, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, and Yury Olesha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 197Before him are Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Grigory Romanov, Cathy O'Donnell, Michael V. Gazzo, Milt Jackson, and Gerald Götting. After him are Louis Lansana Beavogui, Primo Nebiolo, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Gustavo Rojo, Josep Seguer, and Shoshana Damari. Among people deceased in 1996, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 136Before him are Emile Habibi, Paul Rand, Ferdinand Leitner, Léo Malet, Seymour Cray, and Joanne Dru. After him are Duane Hanson, Tiny Tim, Pierre Grimal, Eva Cassidy, Dorothy Lamour, and Henri Nouwen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 883 out of 6,048Before him are Kazuo Koike (1936), Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Kazumi Takada (1951), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), and Konoe Sakihisa (1536). After him are Takehito Koyasu (1967), Seiichi Sakiya (1950), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), Kuroki Tamemoto (1844), Itō Noe (1895), and On Kawara (1932).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ryōtarō Shiba ranks 76Before him are Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Kafū Nagai (1879), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), and Kan Kikuchi (1888). After him are Itō Noe (1895), Ennin (793), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), and Nobuko Yoshiya (1896).