WRITER

Kyōka Izumi

1873 - 1939

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Kyōtarō Izumi (泉 鏡太郎, Izumi Kyōtarō; 4 November 1873 – 7 September 1939), known by his pen name Izumi Kyōka (泉 鏡花; Japanese pronunciation: [iꜜ.(d)zɯ.mʲi | kʲoꜜː.ka, i.(d)zɯ.mʲi kʲoꜜː.ka],), was a Japanese novelist, writer and kabuki playwright who was active during the prewar period. Kyōka's writing differed greatly from that of the naturalist writers who dominated the literary scene at the time. Many of Kyōka's works are surrealist critiques of society. He is best known for a characteristic brand of Romanticism preferring tales of the supernatural heavily influenced by works of the earlier Edo period in Japanese arts and letters, which he tempered with his own personal vision of aesthetics and art in the modern age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kyōka Izumi is the 2,399th most popular writer (down from 2,061st in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from Japan (down from 626th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Kyōka Izumi ranks 2,399 out of 7,302. Before him are André Frossard, Nigidius Figulus, Gulbadan Begum, Ernst Robert Curtius, John Marston, and Paul Adam. After him are Vasily Aksyonov, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Akaki Tsereteli, Pascal Bruckner, Zeki Müren, and Noël Coward.

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Among people born in 1873, Kyōka Izumi ranks 79. Before him are Alexey Shchusev, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Rudolf Rocker, Hasan Prishtina, Richard Wilhelm, and Sante Geronimo Caserio. After him are Auguste Chevalier, Carl Flesch, Georges Theunis, Iuliu Maniu, Gustaf John Ramstedt, and Nureddin Pasha. Among people deceased in 1939, Kyōka Izumi ranks 64. Before him are Konstantin Korovin, Bronisława Dłuska, Subhi Bey Barakat, Eugen Weidmann, Gustavs Zemgals, and Benjamin Tucker. After him are Bruno Liljefors, Isaak Brodsky, Max Skladanowsky, Henri Le Sidaner, Archibald Leitch, and Grigori Sokolnikov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kyōka Izumi ranks 765 out of 6,245. Before him are Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Toyohito Mochizuki (1953), Jiro Taniguchi (1947), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Nobuko Kondo (1956), and Gosho Aoyama (1963). After him are Masateru Akita (1982), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Daidō Moriyama (1938), and Soga no Umako (551).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kyōka Izumi ranks 46. Before him are Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Izumi Shikibu (976), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), and Keigo Higashino (1958). After him are Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Ikki Kita (1883), and Ki no Tsurayuki (866).

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