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Yoshitoshi

1839 - 1892

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese: 月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年; 30 April 1839 – 9 June 1892) was a Japanese printmaker.Yoshitoshi has widely been recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting. He is also regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras – the last years of Edo period Japan, and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshitoshi has received more than 300,285 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshitoshi is the 553rd most popular painter (down from 487th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Japan (down from 295th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yoshitoshis by language

Over the past year Yoshitoshi has had the most page views in the with 74,109 views, followed by English (10,611), and Chinese (10,137). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (87.10%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (84.21%), and Thai (44.48%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Yoshitoshi ranks 553 out of 2,023. Before him are Willem Kalf, Albert Bierstadt, Edmund Leighton, Sol LeWitt, Carlo Maratta, and Pietro Longhi. After him are Ivan Bilibin, Margaret Keane, Théophile Steinlen, Edward Steichen, Leonor Fini, and Salomon van Ruysdael.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Yoshitoshi ranks 21. Before him are Machado de Assis, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Nikolay Bobrikov, Ali Rıza Efendi, Théodule-Armand Ribot, and Josef Rheinberger. After him are Konstantin Makovsky, Jamsetji Tata, Floriano Peixoto, Henry George, Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, and Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria. Among people deceased in 1892, Yoshitoshi ranks 23. Before him are August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Tewfik Pasha, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Charles Spurgeon, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, and Annibale de Gasparis. After him are Henry Walter Bates, George Biddell Airy, Emin Pasha, Ravachol, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, and Hervé.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshitoshi ranks 371 out of 6,245. Before him are Tamotsu Asakura (null), Hisataka Okamoto (1933), Ryū Murakami (1952), Emperor Nijō (1143), Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), and Ichirō Hatoyama (1883). After him are Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Heizei (773), Ko Takamoro (1907), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Ihara Saikaku (1642), and Hara Takashi (1856).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Yoshitoshi ranks 8. Before him are Utamaro (1753), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), and Hishikawa Moronobu (1618). After him are Kunisada (1786), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Takashi Murakami (1962), Kanō Eitoku (1543), and Torii Kiyonaga (1752).

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