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Sada Abe

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Sada Abe (阿部 定, Abe Sada, May 28, 1905 – after 1971) was a Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, Kichizō Ishida (石田 吉蔵), via strangulation on May 18, 1936, before cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her kimono. The story became a national sensation in Japan, acquiring mythic overtones, and has been interpreted by artists, philosophers, novelists and filmmakers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sada Abe has received more than 2,124,369 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sada Abe is the 85th most popular extremist (down from 66th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Japan (down from 214th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Extremist.

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  • 58.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Sada Abe ranks 85 out of 283. Before her are Wadie Haddad, Matija Gubec, James Earl Ray, Vincenzo Peruggia, Armin Meiwes, and Robert-François Damiens. After her are Anders Behring Breivik, Susan Atkins, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Fritz Honka, Nedeljko Čabrinović, and Henry Lee Lucas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Sada Abe ranks 66. Before her are Dolores del Río, Sebastian Shaw, Erich Naumann, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Barnett Newman, and Piet Hein. After her are Wolfram Sievers, Pedro Petrone, Clara Bow, Gareth Jones, Guy Mollet, and Erwin Chargaff.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sada Abe ranks 381 out of 6,245. Before her are Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Hara Takashi (1856), Usaburo Hidaka (null), Tanaka Giichi (1864), and Ōyama Iwao (1842). After her are Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), Takeshi Inoue (1928), Akira Yoshino (1948), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), and Yoshirō Mori (1937).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Japan

Among extremists born in Japan, Sada Abe ranks 2. Before her are Issei Sagawa (1949). After her are Kōzō Okamoto (1947), and Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962).

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