WRITER

Takuboku Ishikawa

1886 - 1912

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Takuboku Ishikawa (石川 啄木, Ishikawa Takuboku, February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912) was a Japanese poet. Well known as both a tanka and "modern-style" (新体詩, shintaishi) or "free-style" (自由詩, jiyūshi) poet, he began as a member of the Myōjō group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic" group of Japanese poets and renounced naturalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takuboku Ishikawa has received more than 100,475 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Takuboku Ishikawa is the 2,735th most popular writer (down from 2,623rd in 2019), the 811th most popular biography from Japan (down from 777th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

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  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ishikawa Takuboku shū
1964
Ishikawa Takuboku shu
1928
Takuboku zenshu
1961
Ishikawa Takuboku shishu
1967
Ishikawa Takuboku
1967
Ichiaku no suna
History and criticism, Japanese poetry
1983

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 2,735 out of 7,302. Before him are Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Ludwig Rellstab, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Vladimir Voinovich, Sebastian Franck, and Itzhak Katzenelson. After him are Mina Witkojc, Stephenie Meyer, Albert Robida, Gulbadan Begum, Ahmad Javad, and Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 128. Before him are Fred Quimby, Fernand Crommelynck, Alexander Miasnikian, Victor Boin, Itzhak Katzenelson, and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort. After him are Pierre Benoit, Bertha Krupp, José Linhares, Paul Lévy, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, and Max Vasmer. Among people deceased in 1912, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 65. Before him are François-Alphonse Forel, Ernest Duchesne, Édouard Detaille, Ida Straus, Eloy Alfaro, and Mykola Pymonenko. After him are Pyotr Lebedev, Francisco Lázaro, Tony Robert-Fleury, Theodor Gomperz, Subh-i-Azal, and Paul Kummer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 811 out of 6,245. Before him are Megumu Tamura (1927), Akira Matsunaga (1914), Shojiro Sugimura (1905), Minoru Kobata (1946), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), and Yūsaku Matsuda (1949). After him are Motobu Chōki (1870), Shūji Terayama (1935), Shigeru Kayano (1926), Yoshiki (1965), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), and Fumiko Enchi (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 59. Before him are Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), and Ryōkan (1758). After him are Shūji Terayama (1935), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), and Hitoshi Igarashi (1947).

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