1962 - Today
Takashi Murakami (村上 隆, Murakami Takashi, born February 1, 1962) is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial media (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts. His influential work draws from the aesthetic characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of postwar Japanese culture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takashi Murakami has received more than 2,552,505 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Takashi Murakami is the 725th most popular painter (down from 703rd in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from Japan (down from 559th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Painter.
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Among painters, Takashi Murakami ranks 725 out of 1,421. Before him are Carle Vernet, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Will Sampson, Michiel Coxie, Apollodorus, and Hans Richter. After him are Charlotte Salomon, Julian Schnabel, Roberto Ferruzzi, Ramon Casas, Osman Hamdi Bey, and Dorothea Tanning.
1758 - 1836
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 719
1686 - 1755
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 720
1933 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 721
1499 - 1592
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 722
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 723
1888 - 1976
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 724
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 725
1917 - 1943
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 726
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 727
1853 - 1934
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 728
1866 - 1932
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 729
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 730
1910 - 2012
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 731
Among people born in 1962, Takashi Murakami ranks 56. Before him are Flea, Dino Merlin, Arnold Vosloo, Black, Felicity Huffman, and Stefan Kuntz. After him are Andreas Köpke, Chuck Palahniuk, Ally McCoist, Harlan Coben, Peng Liyuan, and Hirokazu Kore-eda.
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 50
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 51
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 52
1962 - 2016
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 53
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 54
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 55
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 56
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 57
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 58
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 59
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 60
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 61
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 62
Among people born in Japan, Takashi Murakami ranks 567 out of 6,048. Before him are Shō Tai (1843), Isao Tomita (1932), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Shigeo Shingo (1909), and Saizo Saito (1908). After him are Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829), Korechika Anami (1887), Ankō Itosu (1831), Osami Nagano (1880), Yasuyuki Kuwahara (1942), and Masatoshi Nakayama (1913).
1843 - 1901
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 561
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 562
1923 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 563
758 - 811
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 564
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 565
1908 - 2004
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 566
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 567
1829 - 1862
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 568
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 569
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 570
1880 - 1947
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 571
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 572
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 573
Among painters born in Japan, Takashi Murakami ranks 11. Before him are Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Yoshitoshi (1839), Kunisada (1786), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), and Masaaki Hatsumi (1931). After him are Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), and Maruyama Ōkyo (1733).
1725 - 1770
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 5
1420 - 1506
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 6
1839 - 1892
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 7
1786 - 1865
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 8
1618 - 1694
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 9
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 11
1658 - 1716
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 12
1543 - 1590
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 13
1752 - 1815
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 14
1539 - 1610
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 15
1570 - 1643
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 16
1733 - 1795
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 17