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Ichiyō Higuchi

1872 - 1896

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Natsuko Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 夏子, Hepburn: Higuchi Natsuko; 2 May 1872 – 23 November 1896), known by her pen name Higuchi Ichiyō (樋口 一葉), was a Japanese writer during the Meiji era. She was Japan's first professional woman writer of modern literature, specializing in short stories and poetry, and was also an extensive diarist. Her portrait appears on the 5000 yen banknote in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ichiyō Higuchi is the 1,519th most popular writer (down from 1,261st in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from Japan (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ichiyō Higuchi ranks 1,519 out of 7,302. Before her are Fredric Jameson, Henry Steel Olcott, Ken Kesey, Daniel Pennac, Rafael Alberti, and Jules de Goncourt. After her are Xavier de Maistre, Jules Laforgue, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Georgi Markov, Károly Kerényi, and Kristijonas Donelaitis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Ichiyō Higuchi ranks 51. Before her are Otto Braun, Ottokar Czernin, Eduard Bloch, Mathilde Kschessinska, Marcel Renault, and Adolf Schmal. After her are Henry Tingle Wilde, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Vladimir Arsenyev, Arthur Blake, Théophile de Donder, and Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria. Among people deceased in 1896, Ichiyō Higuchi ranks 26. Before her are Ambroise Thomas, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Prince Henry of Battenberg, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., John Langdon Down, and Emil du Bois-Reymond. After her are Ante Starčević, Maurice de Hirsch, Heinrich von Treitschke, Ernst Engel, Luigi Federico Menabrea, and Félix Tisserand.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ichiyō Higuchi ranks 484 out of 6,245. Before her are Emperor Hanazono (1297), Takeichi Nishi (1902), Michihiro Ozawa (1932), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Hōjō Masako (1156), and Norio Yoshimizu (1946). After her are Yukio Shimomura (1932), Kondō Isami (1834), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Emperor Daigo (885), Toshio Suzuki (1948), and Seiki Ichihara (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ichiyō Higuchi ranks 28. Before her are Sugawara no Michizane (845), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Ono no Komachi (825), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Ihara Saikaku (1642), and Kenji Miyazawa (1896). After her are Ueda Akinari (1734), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Ryū Murakami (1952), Yosano Akiko (1878), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and Junji Ito (1963).

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