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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saichō

767 - 822

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Saichō (最澄, September 15, 767 – June 26, 822) was a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Tendai school of Buddhism based on the Chinese Tiantai school he was exposed to during his trip to Tang China beginning in 804. He founded the temple and headquarters of Tendai at Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei near Kyoto. He is also said to have been the first to bring tea to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saichō has received more than 152,471 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Saichō is the 1,211th most popular religious figure (down from 1,163rd in 2019), the 473rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 539th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saichō ranks 1,211 out of 2,238. Before him are Jair, Isaac of Armenia, Eisai, Agathius, Regino of Prüm, and Gerasimus of the Jordan. After him are Jacob Baradaeus, Rimbert, Stachys the Apostle, Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, Prince Georg of Bavaria, and Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 767, Saichō ranks 3. Before him are Al-Shafi‘i and Jaʻfar ibn Yahya.  Among people deceased in 822, Saichō ranks 3. Before him are Al-Hakam I and Tahir ibn Husayn.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saichō ranks 473 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Eisai (1141), Makoto Shinkai (1973), and Tsukasa Hosaka (1937). After him are Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Hiroto Muraoka (1931), Hidetoshi Nakata (1977), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), and Taira no Masakado (903).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Saichō ranks 14. Before him are Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Ikkyū (1394), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), and Eisai (1141). After him are Shinran (1173), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), Hōnen (1133), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), and Taisen Deshimaru (1914).

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