RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shinran

1173 - 1263

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Shinran (親鸞, May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent close of the Heian Period and lived during the Kamakura Period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinran has received more than 252,020 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Shinran is the 1,259th most popular religious figure (up from 1,283rd in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Japan (up from 540th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shinran ranks 1,259 out of 3,187. Before him are Nilus the Younger, Edward Cassidy, Claudia Augusta, Ercole Consalvi, Wim Hof, and Theodulf of Orléans. After him are Paul Marcinkus, Procopius of Scythopolis, Gregory V of Constantinople, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Louis of Toulouse, and Blandina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1173, Shinran ranks 4. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Llywelyn the Great, and Eudokia Angelina. After him is Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Among people deceased in 1263, Shinran ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Nevsky, Mindaugas, Haakon IV of Norway, and Manuel I of Trebizond. After him are Boniface, Count of Savoy, and Guy I de la Roche.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinran ranks 524 out of 6,245. Before him are Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Shō Tai (1843), Hisao Kami (1941), Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Korechika Anami (1887), and Kiyoo Kanda (1900). After him are Yoshida Shōin (1830), Emperor En'yū (959), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), and Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Shinran ranks 15. Before him are Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Mikao Usui (1865), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Ikkyū (1394), Eisai (1141), and Saichō (767). After him are Senhime (1597), Hōnen (1133), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Soga no Umako (551), and Kōdō Sawaki (1880).

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