WRITER

Tōson Shimazaki

1872 - 1943

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Tōson Shimazaki (島崎 藤村, Shimazaki Tōson, 25 March 1872 – 22 August 1943) was the pen-name of Haruki Shimazaki, a Japanese writer active in the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He began his career as a Romantic poet, but went on to establish himself as a major proponent of Japanese Naturalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tōson Shimazaki has received more than 81,627 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Tōson Shimazaki is the 3,558th most popular writer (down from 3,112th in 2019), the 999th most popular biography from Japan (down from 864th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 58.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 3,558 out of 7,302. Before him are Leslie Stephen, Charles Malik, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Gene Wolfe, Angelos Sikelianos, and Natsuo Kirino. After him are Edith Durham, Joss Whedon, Oppian, Jorge de Montemor, Louis Adamic, and Altaf Hussain Hali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 103. Before him are August Nilsson, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Hafez Ibrahim, Gustave Sandras, Georgios Tsitas, and Alexandru Vaida-Voevod. After him are Jaan Teemant, Kazimierz Bein, Carl Gustaf Ekman, Maude Adams, Morris Travers, and Vilhelms Purvītis. Among people deceased in 1943, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 131. Before him are W. S. Van Dyke, Bernhard Lichtenberg, Curt Haase, Henner Henkel, Rutka Laskier, and Harry Baur. After him are Richard Sears, Fats Waller, Anita Augspurg, Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, Kočo Racin, and A. Merritt.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 999 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Nakahama Manjirō (1827), Jien (1155), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), and Takehito Koyasu (1967). After him are Kuniharu Nakamoto (1959), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Kijirō Nambu (1869), Ryuichi Sugiyama (1941), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), and Chica Umino (null).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 86. Before him are Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Jien (1155), and Natsuo Kirino (1951). After him are Michitsuna's mother (935), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Masuji Ibuse (1898), and Yōko Ogawa (1962).

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