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Masaaki Hatsumi

1931 - Today

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Masaaki Hatsumi (初見 良昭, Hatsumi Masaaki; born December 2, 1931), formerly Yoshiaki Hatsumi, is the founder of the Bujinkan Organization and is the former Togakure-ryū soke (grandmaster). He no longer teaches, but currently resides in Noda, Chiba, Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masaaki Hatsumi is the 712th most popular painter (up from 730th in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Japan (down from 574th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 712 out of 2,023. Before him are Victorine Meurent, Eugene de Blaas, Philip de Koninck, Dong Qichang, Justus van Gent, and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger. After him are Pedro Berruguete, Aert de Gelder, Paul Gustav Fischer, Maurycy Gottlieb, Reza Abbasi, and Tarsila do Amaral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 125. Before him are Sri Chinmoy, Viliam Schrojf, Yao Wenyuan, Ole-Johan Dahl, Augusto Boal, and Ermanno Olmi. After him are Dean Smith, Barbara Eden, Márta Mészáros, Gunnel Lindblom, Antonella Lualdi, and Mwai Kibaki.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 615 out of 6,245. Before him are Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Fujiwara no Kamatari (614), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Masako Nozawa (1936), and Kusunoki Masashige (1294). After him are Shō Tai (1843), Soemu Toyoda (1885), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Tokugawa Ienobu (1662), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), and Hiroshi Ōshima (1886).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Masaaki Hatsumi ranks 9. Before him are Utamaro (1753), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), and Kunisada (1786). After him are Yoshitoshi (1839), Takashi Murakami (1962), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), and On Kawara (1932).

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