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Saigyō

1118 - 1190

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Saigyō Hōshi (西行法師, 1118 – March 23, 1190) was a Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saigyō has received more than 91,494 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Saigyō is the 2,148th most popular writer (up from 2,433rd in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from Japan (up from 712th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 91k

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  • 54.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saigyō ranks 2,148 out of 5,755. Before her are Eugène Marin Labiche, Christopher Robin Milne, Edward Young, Li He, Thomas Keneally, and Bâkî. After her are Albert Gleizes, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Princess Michael of Kent, Idries Shah, and Saki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1118, Saigyō ranks 5. Before her are Manuel I Komnenos, Andronikos I Komnenos, Taira no Kiyomori, and Odo II, Duke of Burgundy.  Among people deceased in 1190, Saigyō ranks 6. Before her are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Bernart de Ventadorn, Isabella of Hainault, and Otto II, Margrave of Meissen. After her are Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, Floris III, Count of Holland, Godfrey III, Count of Louvain, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, and Anvari.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saigyō ranks 638 out of 6,048. Before her are Teiichi Matsumaru (1909), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Isamu Chō (1895), Yoshio Furukawa (1934), Masayuki Uemura (1943), and Hitoshi Ashida (1887). After her are Sen Katayama (1859), Victoria Principal (1950), Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865), Takao Nishiyama (1942), Takeo Takagi (1892), and Chiang Wei-kuo (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Saigyō ranks 44. Before her are Junji Ito (1963), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), and Fujiwara no Teika (1162). After her are George Ohsawa (1893), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), and Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662).

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