WRITER

Yoshida Kenkō

1283 - 1350

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Urabe Kenkō (卜部 兼好, 1283–1350), also known as Yoshida Kenkō (吉田 兼好), or simply Kenkō (兼好), was a Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), one of the most studied works of medieval Japanese literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshida Kenkō has received more than 111,906 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshida Kenkō is the 2,094th most popular writer (down from 2,029th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from Japan (down from 611th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 55.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tsurezuregusa
Religious communities
1932
Essays in Idleness
2005
The harvest of leisure
1959

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yoshida Kenkō ranks 2,094 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter Tevis, James M. Cain, Philippe Sollers, Gaston III, Count of Foix, Tin Ujević, and Jean Bruller. After him are Hamdallah Mustawfi, C. W. Ceram, Constantine Manasses, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Anne Golon, and Li Shangyin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1283, Yoshida Kenkō ranks 3. Before him are Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon, and Margaret, Maid of Norway. After him are Edward Balliol, Juan Ruiz, and Oshin, King of Armenia. Among people deceased in 1350, Yoshida Kenkō ranks 8. Before him are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Alfonso XI of Castile, Namdev, Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Cápac Yupanqui, and Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi. After him are Juan Ruiz, Johannes de Muris, and Dafydd ap Gwilym.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshida Kenkō ranks 637 out of 6,245. Before him are Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Giant Baba (1938), Monkey Punch (1937), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Takashi Mizuno (1931), and Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905). After him are Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Sen Katayama (1859), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), and Yasuo Haruyama (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yoshida Kenkō ranks 43. Before him are Doppo Kunikida (1871), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Keigo Higashino (1958), and Kyōka Izumi (1873). After him are Katsu Kaishū (1823), Saigyō (1118), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Ueda Akinari (1734), Izumi Shikibu (976), and Ki no Tsurayuki (866).

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