WRITER

Yasushi Inoue

1907 - 1991

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Yasushi Inoue (井上靖, Inoue Yasushi, May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasushi Inoue has received more than 86,761 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasushi Inoue is the 2,721st most popular writer (down from 2,621st in 2019), the 802nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 776th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Inoue Yasushi
1966
The Hunting Gun
1961
Inoue Yasushi shū
1959
Saigyō, Sankashū
Criticism and interpretation
1981
Goshirakawa-in
Fiction
1972
Tonkō
Fiction, History, Buddhist Mural painting and decoration
1963

Page views of Yasushi Inoues by language

Over the past year Yasushi Inoue has had the most page views in the with 111,172 views, followed by English (11,131), and Chinese (7,588). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (176.72%), Finnish (49.13%), and Basque (32.79%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yasushi Inoue ranks 2,721 out of 7,302. Before him are Eric Roth, Kjeld Abell, Paula von Preradović, Vladimir Stasov, André Salmon, and Peter James. After him are Marjorie Boulton, Procopius of Gaza, Peter Bieri, Ryōkan, Cornelia Funke, and Marie Marvingt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue ranks 152. Before him are Isaac Deutscher, Max Pauly, Viktoria Brezhneva, Guido Masetti, Anton Schall, and Violette Leduc. After him are Varian Fry, Victor Capesius, Roman Rudenko, Lev Oborin, Shiro Teshima, and Ita Rina. Among people deceased in 1991, Yasushi Inoue ranks 99. Before him are Alex North, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Mikheil Meskhi, Schubert Gambetta, Artur Lundkvist, and Luigi Zampa. After him are Étienne Decroux, Franco Maria Malfatti, Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, Mario Scelba, and Dead.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasushi Inoue ranks 802 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenji Kawai (1957), Kiyoura Keigo (1850), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Oku Yasukata (1847), Kodama Gentarō (1852), and Tatsuya Shiji (1938). After him are Ryōkan (1758), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Megumu Tamura (1927), Akira Matsunaga (1914), Shojiro Sugimura (1905), and Minoru Kobata (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yasushi Inoue ranks 57. Before him are Ariwara no Narihira (825), George Ohsawa (1893), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), and Banana Yoshimoto (1964). After him are Ryōkan (1758), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Shūji Terayama (1935), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), and Kamo no Chōmei (1155).

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