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Ōshikōchi no Mitsune

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Ōshikōchi no Mitsune (凡河内 躬恒) was an early Heian administrator and waka poet of the Japanese court (859–925), and a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He was sent as the governor of Kai, Izumi and Awaji provinces, and on his return to Kyoto was asked to participate in the compilation of the Kokin Wakashū. He was a master of poetic matches and his poems to accompany pictures on folding screens were widely admired for their quality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōshikōchi no Mitsune has received more than 16,965 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ōshikōchi no Mitsune is the 5,390th most popular writer (down from 4,894th in 2019).

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Among writers, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune ranks 5,390 out of 7,302Before him are Jeanne Dumée, Tommaso Grossi, Richard Llewellyn, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Kim Newman, and Catharine Trotter Cockburn. After him are László Németh, Karim Rashid, Roland Dorgelès, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Adolf Bartels, and Marie Belloc Lowndes.

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Among people born in 900, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune ranks 73Before him are Beorhtwulf of Mercia, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Cynewulf, John Kaminiates, and Æthelred II of Northumbria. After him are Æthelwold of Winchester, and Anarawd ap Rhodri. Among people deceased in 1000, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune ranks 21Before him are Matsyendranatha, Leo of Tripoli, Mara Takla Haymanot, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, John Kaminiates, and Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar.

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