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Ōtomo no Yakamochi

718 - 785

Ōtomo no Yakamochi

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 73,025 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ōtomo no Yakamochi is the 2,777th most popular writer (down from 2,714th in 2019), the 811th most popular biography from Japan (down from 788th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among writers, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 2,777 out of 5,755. Before him are Aleksander Fredro, Jean-François de La Harpe, Na Hye-sok, Henry Kuttner, David Eddings, and Eumelus of Corinth. After him are Georg Herwegh, Ana Blandiana, Imre Madách, Gasparo Contarini, François Cheng, and David Gemmell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 718, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 6. Before him are Abu Muslim, Constantine V, Empress Kōken, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, and Lupus II of Gascony. Among people deceased in 785, Ōtomo no Yakamochi ranks 2. Before him is Al-Mahdi.