ARTIST

Yoshitomo Nara

1959 - Today

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Yoshitomo Nara (奈良 美智, Nara Yoshitomo, born 5 December 1959 in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshitomo Nara has received more than 428,399 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yoshitomo Nara is the 70th most popular artist (down from 68th in 2019), the 1,065th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,024th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Artist.

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  • 430k

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  • 57.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Yoshitomo Nara ranks 70 out of 125. Before him are Gilbert & George, Gilbert Baker, Gunta Stölzl, Nikolay Shmatko, Wang Xianzhi, and Luigi Serafini. After him are Gordon Matta-Clark, Lado Gudiashvili, Mary Blair, Aleksandr Golovin, Heorhiy Narbut, and Antonie Brentano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Yoshitomo Nara ranks 183. Before him are Chris Lowe, Marcos Alonso, Aleksei Balabanov, Bradley Whitford, Caroline Goodall, and Zakir Hasanov. After him are Blaž Slišković, Aryeh Deri, Guy Laliberté, Adrian Paul, Anatoliy Demyanenko, and Pat Smear.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshitomo Nara ranks 1,065 out of 6,245. Before him are Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), and Eiji Okada (1920). After him are Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Takeshi Urata (1947), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kuwata (1941), and Sekiryo Kaneda (1901).

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Among ARTISTS In Japan

Among artists born in Japan, Yoshitomo Nara ranks 7. Before him are Hokusai (1760), Yoko Ono (1933), Hiroshige (1797), Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Hasui Kawase (1883), and Yoshitaka Amano (1952). After him are Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993).

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