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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Taisen Deshimaru

1914 - 1982

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Taisen Deshimaru (弟子丸 泰仙, Deshimaru Taisen, 29 November 1914 - April 30, 1982) was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher, who founded the Association Zen Internationale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taisen Deshimaru has received more than 95,827 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Taisen Deshimaru is the 1,582nd most popular religious figure, the 745th most popular biography from Japan and the 20th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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  • 96k

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  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 1,582 out of 2,238. Before him are Wiborada, Antonio Quarracino, Tlacaelel, Jehoiada, Yijing, and Lawrence Justinian. After him are Ippolito d'Este, Federico Borromeo, Nicolaus Olahus, Zadok, Dagobert of Pisa, and Plutarch of Byzantium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 130. Before him are Baba Amte, Howard Fast, Sun Ra, Kenny Clarke, Yahya Khan, and Martin Ritt. After him are Jens Otto Krag, Budd Schulberg, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Lakshmi Sahgal, Brunó Ferenc Straub, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain. Among people deceased in 1982, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 99. Before him are Giovanni Benelli, Valerio Zurlini, David Frankfurter, Elio Petri, Riccardo Paletti, and Savitri Devi. After him are Anatoly Solonitsyn, Jakov Gotovac, Anandamayi Ma, Virginia Hall, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, and Eduard Tubin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 745 out of 6,048. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Takako Shimazu (1939), Rihei Sano (1912), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), and Matsudaira Katamori (1836). After him are Ken Shimura (1950), Kōichi Kido (1889), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Reizo Fukuhara (1931), and Yutaka Taniyama (1927).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Taisen Deshimaru ranks 20. Before him are Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), Hōnen (1133), and Kōdō Sawaki (1880). After him are Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Peter Doi (1892), and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902).

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