1872 - 1943
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 72,243 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tōson Shimazaki is the 3,123rd most popular writer (down from 3,107th in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from Japan (down from 858th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 3,123 out of 5,755. Before him are Theodore Bibliander, László Polgár, Zivia Lubetkin, Maximilian Voloshin, Richard Dehmel, and Max Aub. After him are Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Gabrielle Roy, Arnošt Lustig, Holger Drachmann, Anthony Berkeley Cox, and Robert de Clari.
1500 - 1564
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 3,117
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 3,118
1914 - 1978
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 3,119
1877 - 1932
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 3,120
1863 - 1920
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 3,121
1909 - 1972
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 3,122
1872 - 1943
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 3,123
1904 - 1948
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 3,124
1909 - 1983
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,125
1926 - 2011
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,126
1846 - 1908
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,127
1893 - 1971
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,128
1170 - 1216
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,129
Among people born in 1872, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 88. Before him are Miguel Cabanellas, Franz John, Edith Wilson, Bak Jungyang, Dionysios Kasdaglis, and Heinrich Vogeler. After him are Vilhelms Purvītis, Mikhail Kuzmin, Otto Witte, Georges Urbain, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, and Elia Dalla Costa. Among people deceased in 1943, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 111. Before him are Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, Fats Waller, Bernhard Lichtenberg, Johann Niemann, Alojs Andritzki, and Aliagha Shikhlinski. After him are Anathon Aall, Winnaretta Singer, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Erich Bey, A. Merritt, and W. S. Van Dyke.
1872 - 1938
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 82
1872 - 1952
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 83
1872 - 1961
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 84
1872 - 1959
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 85
1872 - 1931
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 86
1872 - 1942
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 87
1872 - 1943
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 88
1872 - 1945
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 89
1872 - 1936
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 90
1872 - 1958
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 91
1872 - 1938
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 92
1872 - 1950
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 93
1872 - 1961
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 94
1878 - 1943
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 105
1904 - 1943
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 106
1875 - 1943
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 107
1913 - 1943
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 108
1914 - 1943
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 109
1863 - 1943
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 110
1872 - 1943
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 111
1867 - 1943
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 112
1865 - 1943
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 113
1875 - 1943
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 114
1898 - 1943
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 115
1884 - 1943
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 116
1889 - 1943
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 117
Among people born in Japan, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 867 out of 6,048. Before him are Kusumoto Ine (1827), Tarō Kōno (1963), Norio Ohga (1930), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Nobuo Uematsu (1959). After him are Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Akinori Nakayama (1943), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Takehiko Inoue (1967), and Kafū Nagai (1879).
1827 - 1903
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 861
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 862
1930 - 2011
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 863
1947 - 1991
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 864
1920 - 2011
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 865
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 866
1872 - 1943
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 867
1733 - 1795
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 868
1864 - 1909
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 869
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 870
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 871
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 872
1879 - 1959
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 873
Among writers born in Japan, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 71. Before him are Naoya Shiga (1883), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Takeo Arishima (1878), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), and Hitoshi Igarashi (1947). After him are Futabatei Shimei (1864), Kafū Nagai (1879), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), and Itō Noe (1895).
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
1872 - 1943
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 71
1864 - 1909
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 72
1879 - 1959
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 73
1868 - 1903
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 74
1888 - 1948
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 75
1923 - 1996
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 76
1895 - 1923
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 77