WRITER

Katsu Kaishū

1823 - 1899

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Count Katsu Yasuyoshi (勝 安芳; March 12, 1823—January 21, 1899), born Katsu Yoshikuni (勝 義邦), best known by his nickname Katsu Kaishū (勝 海舟; Japanese pronunciation: [kaꜜ.tsɯ | kaꜜi.ɕɯː]), was a Japanese statesman, naval engineer and military commander during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku 海舟書屋) by Sakuma Shōzan. He went through a series of given names throughout his life; his childhood name was Rintarō (麟太郎). He was often called Awa (安房) from his ceremonial title Awa-no-kami (安房守) during the late Tokugawa shogunate and later changed his name to Yasuyoshi after the Meiji Restoration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katsu Kaishū is the 1,780th most popular writer (up from 2,166th in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Japan (up from 656th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katsu Kaishū ranks 1,780 out of 7,302Before him are Fulcanelli, Lady Randolph Churchill, Otfried Preußler, Egon Kisch, Robert M. Parker Jr., and Jeffery Deaver. After him are Handrij Zejler, Hjalmar Söderberg, Upton Sinclair, Viktor Barna, William Carlos Williams, and Izabela Czartoryska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Katsu Kaishū ranks 27Before him are Charles III, Duke of Parma, Jean Chacornac, Mihailo Obrenović, Théodore de Banville, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, and Ante Starčević. After him are Joseph Monier, Gotthold Eisenstein, Pyotr Lavrov, Konstantin Ushinsky, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, and Sophie Adlersparre. Among people deceased in 1899, Katsu Kaishū ranks 23Before him are Nubar Pasha, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Charles Friedel, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, and Othniel Charles Marsh. After him are Guido Gezelle, Edward Frankland, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Garret Hobart, Heinrich Kiepert, and Teodolfo Mertel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Katsu Kaishū ranks 591 out of 6,245Before him are Junji Ito (1963), Satoshi Kon (1963), Miho Kaneda (1950), Saichō (767), Yasuji Okamura (1884), and Shinran (1173). After him are Satoru Iwata (1959), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Otozō Yamada (1881), Emperor Junnin (733), George W. Casey Jr. (1948), and Dom Justo Takayama (1552).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Katsu Kaishū ranks 35Before him are Ueda Akinari (1734), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Ryū Murakami (1952), Yosano Akiko (1878), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and Junji Ito (1963). After him are Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), and Yoshida Kenkō (1283).