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Masaoka Shiki

1867 - 1902

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Masaoka Shiki (正岡 子規; Japanese pronunciation: [ma.saꜜ.o.ka | ɕi̥.kʲiꜜ, -sa.o.ka ɕi̥.kʲiꜜ], October 14, 1867 – September 19, 1902), pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡 升), was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during his short life. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry. Some consider Shiki to be one of the four great haiku masters, the others being Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masaoka Shiki is the 1,876th most popular writer (down from 1,815th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from Japan (down from 546th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Masaoka Shiki ranks 1,876 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Ford, Yasmina Reza, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Miguel Hernández, Giovanni Battista Guarini, and Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. After him are Zinaida Gippius, Siri Hustvedt, Hugh Lofting, Tonino Guerra, Tristan Corbière, and Chūya Nakahara.

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Among people born in 1867, Masaoka Shiki ranks 61. Before him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Henry L. Stimson, Henri Gouraud, Kristian Birkeland, Marcel Schwob, and Jeanne Lanvin. After him are Carl Laemmle, Cy Young, Marie Krøyer, Elvira Madigan, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and Amy Beach. Among people deceased in 1902, Masaoka Shiki ranks 22. Before him are Henryk Siemiradzki, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Abel, and Charles Dow. After him are Jacint Verdaguer, Julia Grant, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Albert Bierstadt, Prudente de Morais, and Friedrich Alfred Krupp.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaoka Shiki ranks 637 out of 6,245. Before him are Takayuki Kuwata (1941), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Yoshitoshi (1839), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), and Gunpei Yokoi (1941). After him are Emperor Nijō (1143), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Sen Katayama (1859), Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1944), Yoshiichi Watanabe (1954), and Senjūrō Hayashi (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Masaoka Shiki ranks 37. Before him are Ryū Murakami (1952), Yosano Akiko (1878), Shūsaku Endō (1923), Junji Ito (1963), Katsu Kaishū (1823), and Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192). After him are Chūya Nakahara (1907), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Izumi Shikibu (976), and Seichō Matsumoto (1909).

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