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Ōtomo no Yakamochi

718 - 785

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Ōtomo no Yakamochi (大伴 家持, 2 April 718 – 1 May 785) was a Japanese statesman and waka poet in the Nara period. He was one of the Man'yō no Go-taika, the five great poets of his time, and was part of Fujiwara no Kintō's Thirty-six Poetry Immortals (三十六歌仙, sanjūrokkasen). Yakamochi was a member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ōtomo no Yakamochi has received more than 85,151 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ōtomo no Yakamochi is the 2,784th most popular writer (down from 2,766th in 2019), the 820th most popular biography from Japan (down from 808th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 2,784 out of 7,302. Before him are Varian Fry, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Josephine Tey, Larry Niven, Marion Chesney, and Guido Guinizelli. After him are Carl Sandburg, Kamo no Chōmei, Matthías Jochumsson, Tadeusz Różewicz, Philitas of Cos, and James Herriot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 718, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 7. Before him are Abu Muslim, Constantine V, Ibrahim ibn Adham, Empress Kōken, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, and Lupus II of Gascony.  Among people deceased in 785, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 4. Before him are Al-Mahdi, Yan Zhenqing, and Nafiʽ al-Madani.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 820 out of 6,245. Before him are Shigeru Kayano (1926), Yoshiki (1965), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), and Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966). After him are Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Hide (1964), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Michio Yasuda (1949), Takashi Ono (1931), and Kuroki Tamemoto (1844).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 62. Before him are Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Ryōkan (1758), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Shūji Terayama (1935), and Fumiko Enchi (1905). After him are Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), and Yūko Tsushima (1947).

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