1886 - 1912
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 91,954 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Takuboku Ishikawa is the 2,631st most popular writer (down from 2,040th in 2019), the 779th most popular biography from Japan (down from 617th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 2,631 out of 5,755. Before him are Duris of Samos, Mickey Spillane, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Jeremias Gotthelf, Yasushi Inoue, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. After him are Lucía Sánchez Saornil, May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, Joseph Delaney, Ibn Kemal, and Esaias Tegnér.
340 BC - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 2,625
1918 - 2006
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,626
1808 - 1888
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,627
1797 - 1854
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,628
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,629
1902 - 1987
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,630
1886 - 1912
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,631
1895 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,632
1886 - 1941
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,633
1945 - 2012
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,634
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,635
1468 - 1536
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,636
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,637
Among people born in 1886, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 123. Before him are Bertha Krupp, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Firmin Lambot, Rash Behari Bose, Fred Quimby, and Armin T. Wegner. After him are May Ziade, Kurt Hahn, Ferenc Münnich, Hitoshi Imamura, José Linhares, and Itzhak Katzenelson. Among people deceased in 1912, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 60. Before him are James S. Sherman, Jacques Futrelle, Clara Barton, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, François-Alphonse Forel, and George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg. After him are Paul Wallot, Édouard Detaille, Allan Octavian Hume, Eloy Alfaro, José Canalejas, and Subh-i-Azal.
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 117
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 118
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 119
1886 - 1945
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 120
1886 - 1965
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 121
1886 - 1978
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 122
1886 - 1912
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 123
1886 - 1941
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 124
1886 - 1974
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 125
1886 - 1967
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 126
1886 - 1968
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 127
1886 - 1957
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 128
1886 - 1944
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 129
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 54
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 55
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 56
1854 - 1912
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 57
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 58
1852 - 1912
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 59
1886 - 1912
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 60
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 61
1848 - 1912
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 62
1829 - 1912
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 63
1842 - 1912
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 64
1854 - 1912
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 65
1831 - 1912
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 66
Among people born in Japan, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 779 out of 6,048. Before him are Ikki Kita (1883), Sachi Kagawa (null), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), Eiko Ishioka (1938), and Yasushi Inoue (1907). After him are Tasuku Honjo (1942), Naoya Shiga (1883), Sho Kosugi (1948), Kirin Kiki (1943), Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), and Kodama Gentarō (1852).
1883 - 1937
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 773
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 774
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 775
1837 - 1891
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 776
1938 - 2012
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 777
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 778
1886 - 1912
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 779
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 780
1883 - 1971
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 781
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 782
1943 - 2018
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 783
1386 - 1428
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 784
1852 - 1906
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 785
Among writers born in Japan, Takuboku Ishikawa ranks 64. Before him are Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Shūji Terayama (1935), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Ikki Kita (1883), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), and Yasushi Inoue (1907). After him are Naoya Shiga (1883), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Takeo Arishima (1878), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), and Hitoshi Igarashi (1947).
1903 - 1933
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 58
1935 - 1983
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 59
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 60
1883 - 1937
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 61
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 62
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 63
1886 - 1912
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 64
1883 - 1971
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 65
1155 - 1216
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 66
718 - 785
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 67
1878 - 1923
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 68
1903 - 1951
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 69
1947 - 1991
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 70