WRITER

Seichō Matsumoto

1909 - 1992

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Seichō Matsumoto (松本 清張, Matsumoto Seichō, December 21, 1909 – August 4, 1992; born Kiyoharu Matsumoto) was a Japanese writer, credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan. Matsumoto's works broke new ground by incorporating elements of human psychology and ordinary life. His works often reflect a wider social context and postwar nihilism that expanded the scope and further darkened the atmosphere of the genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seichō Matsumoto has received more than 267,419 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Seichō Matsumoto is the 2,538th most popular writer (up from 2,584th in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from Japan (up from 767th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Points and lines
1979
Points and lines
1970
Ransei
1956
Matsumoto seichō shū
1971
Dōken dōtaku dōhoko to Izumo ōkoku no jidai
Dōhoko, Bronzes, Antiquities
1986
Inspector Imanishi Investigates
Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Japan, fiction
1989
Ransei
1956
Shōwa no makuake
History
1984
Tokyo Express
2022
Matsumoto Seichō
Portraits, Japanese Authors, Biography
1994
Points and lines
1979
聞かなかった場所
Fiction, Murder, Investigation
1975

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 2,538 out of 7,302. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Ottavio Rinuccini, Nima Yooshij, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Na Hye-sok, and Aristeas. After him are Katherine Jackson, Frano Selak, Şihabetdin Märcani, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Alexandra Ripley, and Philo of Byblos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 130. Before him are Juan José Nogués, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Dean Rusk, David Frankfurter, Reuven Shiloah, and André Pieyre de Mandiargues. After him are W. Montgomery Watt, Géza Toldi, Barry Goldwater, Max Baer, Johannes Willebrands, and Leyla Mammadbeyova. Among people deceased in 1992, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 102. Before him are Dana Andrews, Tevfik Esenç, John G. Kemeny, Franco Cristaldi, Frederick William Franz, and Lusine Zakaryan. After him are Néstor Almendros, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Hammer DeRoburt, Michel Berger, Paul Henreid, and Petra Kelly.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 751 out of 6,245. Before him are Tomoyasu Asaoka (1962), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Prince Hisaaki (1276). After him are Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Michihiro Ozawa (1932), and Katsuko Saruhashi (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 54. Before him are Izumi Shikibu (976), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ikki Kita (1883), Ariwara no Narihira (825), George Ohsawa (1893), and Okakura Kakuzō (1862). After him are Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Ryōkan (1758), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), and Shūji Terayama (1935).

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