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Okakura Kakuzō

1862 - 1913

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Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉 覚三; February 14, 1863 – September 2, 1913), also known as Okakura Tenshin (岡倉 天心), was a Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji Restoration reform promoted a critical appreciation of traditional forms, customs and beliefs. Outside Japan, he is chiefly renowned for The Book of Tea: A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture, and the Simple Life (1906). Written in English, and in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War, it decried Western caricaturing of the Japanese, and of Asians more generally, and expressed the fear that Japan gained respect only to the extent that it adopted the barbarities of Western militarism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Okakura Kakuzō is the 2,564th most popular writer (down from 2,511th in 2019), the 810th most popular biography from Japan (down from 743rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Okakura Kakuzō ranks 2,564 out of 7,302. Before him are Herman Gorter, Maurice Joly, Archibald Gracie IV, Licinius Macer Calvus, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, and Tom Peters. After him are Karin Fossum, David Crystal, Camilo Castelo Branco, Fyodor Sologub, Margit Sandemo, and Picander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Okakura Kakuzō ranks 71. Before him are Vilhelm Bjerknes, Louis Botha, Paul Adam, Theodor Boveri, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, and Henri Le Sidaner. After him are Carl Charlier, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Maurice Emmanuel, Adolphe Appia, Marcel Prévost, and Agnes Pockels. Among people deceased in 1913, Okakura Kakuzō ranks 39. Before him are Henry Flagler, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Edwin Klebs, Émile Ollivier, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, and Carl Hagenbeck. After him are Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, Aurel Vlaicu, and Karl Wittgenstein.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Okakura Kakuzō ranks 810 out of 6,245. Before him are Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Yuji Kishioku (1954), Sanae Mishima (1957), and Nobuo Fujishima (1950). After him are Takashi Miike (1960), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Isao Inokuma (1938), and Chieko Hase (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Okakura Kakuzō ranks 54. Before him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Ikki Kita (1883), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), and Ariwara no Narihira (825). After him are Ryōkan (1758), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ennin (793), Shūji Terayama (1935), and Takiji Kobayashi (1903).

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