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Fujiwara no Teika

1162 - 1241

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Fujiwara no Sadaie or Teika (藤原 定家; Japanese pronunciation: [ɸɯ.(d)ʑi.wa.ɾa no (|) sa.daꜜ.i.e, -teꜜi.ka, -teꜜː.ka], 1162 – September 26, 1241) was a Japanese anthologist, calligrapher, literary critic, novelist, poet, and scribe of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. His influence was enormous, and he is counted as among the greatest of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form – an ancient poetic form consisting of five lines with a total of 31 syllables. Teika's critical ideas on composing poetry were extremely influential and studied until as late as the Meiji era. A member of a poetic clan, Teika's father was the noted poet Fujiwara no Shunzei. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fujiwara no Teika is the 2,277th most popular writer (up from 2,316th in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from Japan (down from 693rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 2,277 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward FitzGerald, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Bo Carpelan, Paul the Silentiary, Étienne Dolet, and Thomas Gray. After him are James Herbert Brennan, Dick Francis, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jurij Brězan, Al-Busiri, and Alma Karlin.

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Among people born in 1162, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 6. Before him are Genghis Khan, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, Jamukha, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, and Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen. After him are Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine, and Eudokia Komnene, Lady of Montpellier. Among people deceased in 1241, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 12. Before him are Henry II the Pious, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Köten, Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, and Manuel Doukas. After him are Amaury de Montfort, Irene Laskarina, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, Ludwig III, Count of Württemberg, and Berenguer de Palou II.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 747 out of 6,245. Before him are Prince Morikuni (1301), Toshio Takabayashi (1953), Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829), Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), and Kanō Eitoku (1543). After him are Kujō Yoritsune (1218), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Tsutomu Sonobe (1958), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), and Chōjun Miyagi (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Fujiwara no Teika ranks 44. Before him are Chūya Nakahara (1907), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Izumi Shikibu (976), and Seichō Matsumoto (1909). After him are Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Yasushi Inoue (1907), and Banana Yoshimoto (1964).

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