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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 231,454 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Shinran is the 1,294th most popular religious figure (down from 1,204th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 573rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shinran ranks 1,294 out of 2,238. Before him are Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Agnes of Montepulciano, Diego Laynez, Paisios of Mount Athos, Maurice de Sully, and Flavian of Constantinople. After him are George Sphrantzes, Abo of Tiflis, Laura Vicuña, Eunomius of Cyzicus, Stanisław Dziwisz, and Virginia Centurione Bracelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1173, Shinran ranks 3. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria and Eudokia Angelina. After him are Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Llywelyn the Great. Among people deceased in 1263, Shinran ranks 4. Before him are Alexander Nevsky, Mindaugas, and Haakon IV of Norway. After him are Manuel I of Trebizond, Boniface, Count of Savoy, and Guy I de la Roche.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinran ranks 542 out of 6,048. Before him are Naoki Urasawa (1960), Mako (1933), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Tatsuya Shiji (1938), and Toshio Suzuki (1948). After him are Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Masanobu Izumi (1944), Masao Ono (1923), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), and Gunichi Mikawa (1888).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Shinran ranks 15. Before him are Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Ikkyū (1394), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Eisai (1141), and Saichō (767). After him are Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), Hōnen (1133), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), and Moriteru Ueshiba (1951).

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