SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Kōtoku Shūsui

1871 - 1911

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Kōtoku Denjirō (幸徳 傳次郎; November 5, 1871 – January 24, 1911), better known by the pen name Kōtoku Shūsui (Japanese: 幸徳 秋水; Japanese pronunciation: [koːtokɯ ɕɯːsɯi]), was a Japanese socialist and anarchist who played a leading role in introducing anarchism to Japan in the early 20th century. Historian John Crump described him as "the most famous socialist in Japan". He was a prominent figure in radical politics in Japan, opposing the Russo-Japanese War by founding the Heimin-sha group and its associated newspaper, Heimin Shinbun. Due to disregard for state press laws, the newspaper ceased publication in January 1905, and Kōtoku served five months in prison from February to July 1905. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kōtoku Shūsui is the 412th most popular social activist (down from 319th in 2019), the 1,084th most popular biography from Japan (down from 848th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 412 out of 840. Before him are Ninomiya Sontoku, Pattimura, James Guillaume, Marsha P. Johnson, Virginia Bolten, and Azucena Villaflor. After him are Alice Paul, Peter Arshinov, Lester R. Brown, Grace Sherwood, Alfreda Markowska, and Romas Kalanta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 109. Before him are Doppo Kunikida, Fritz Schaudinn, José Enrique Rodó, Lottie Dod, Dénes Berinkey, and Emily Carr. After him are Fyodor Dan, Igor Grabar, Zacharia Paliashvili, Afonso Costa, Olga Preobrajenska, and Walter Breisky. Among people deceased in 1911, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 63. Before him are Quanah Parker, Howard Pyle, Florentino Ameghino, Alphonse Legros, Carolina Coronado, and Nikolay Beketov. After him are Anton Josef Gruscha, Ernst Brenner, Carl Fredrik Hill, W. S. Gilbert, Pedro Paterno, and Gustaf Fröding.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 1,084 out of 6,245. Before him are Shiho Kaneda (1965), Toshihiko Okimune (1959), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Ken Ogata (1937), Kazuo Koike (1936), and Tsutomu Seki (1930). After him are Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Kaoru Kakinami (1966), Ryohei Suzuki (1949), Sayako Kuroda (1969), and Naoji Ito (1959).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Japan

Among social activists born in Japan, Kōtoku Shūsui ranks 8. Before him are Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), and Ninomiya Sontoku (1787). After him are Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Megumi Yokota (1964), Akira Amano (1973), Jared Taylor (1951), and Oliver Wood (null).

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