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Kenjirō Tokutomi

1868 - 1927

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Kenjirō Tokutomi (徳富 健次郎, Tokutomi Kenjirō) (December 8, 1868 – September 18, 1927) was a Japanese writer and philosopher. He wrote novels under the pseudonym of Roka Tokutomi (徳冨 蘆花, Tokutomi Roka; Japanese pronunciation: [to.kɯ̥.toꜜ.mʲi | ɾoꜜ.ka, to.kɯ̥.to.mʲi ɾoꜜ.ka]), and his best-known work was his 1899 novel The Cuckoo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenjirō Tokutomi is the 4,855th most popular writer (up from 5,153rd in 2019), the 1,323rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,317th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kenjirō Tokutomi ranks 4,855 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Roumanille, Antanas Baranauskas, Rodolfo Walsh, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Nancy Huston, and Grant Allen. After him are Johan Borgen, Franciszek Karpiński, Akram Aylisli, Ronald Knox, František Čelakovský, and Hanif Kureishi.

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Among people born in 1868, Kenjirō Tokutomi ranks 171. Before him are Ștefan Luchian, Reynold A. Nicholson, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Charles Wallace Richmond, John Sealy Townsend, and Albert William Herre. After him are Grace Chisholm Young, Guy de la Chapelle, Achille Paroche, Paul Warburg, Heinrich Held, and Granville Bantock. Among people deceased in 1927, Kenjirō Tokutomi ranks 121. Before him are Wang Guowei, Sam Warner, Otto Blehr, Leonard Nelson, Feliciano Viera, and Marie Spartali Stillman. After him are Marianne Stokes, Henri Hubert, Franz Mertens, Sascha Schneider, Édouard Louis Trouessart, and Friedrich von Scholtz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenjirō Tokutomi ranks 1,323 out of 6,245. Before him are Koji Okamoto (1976), Kenji Sakaguchi (1975), Isao Okano (1944), Fumio Gotō (1884), Ōten Shimokawa (1892), and Yasushi Akashi (1931). After him are Atsushi Yamaguchi (1980), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Toru Kamikawa (1963), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), and Shōhei Ōoka (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kenjirō Tokutomi ranks 98. Before him are Itō Noe (1895), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), and Michitsuna's mother (935). After him are Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Tomoji Abe (1903), Takeshi Shudo (1949), and Miyamoto Yuriko (1899).

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