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Ono no Komachi

825 - 900

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Ono no Komachi (小野 小町; Japanese pronunciation: [o.no no koꜜ.ma.tɕi], c. 825 – c. 900) was a Japanese waka poet, one of the Rokkasen—the six best waka poets of the early Heian period. She was renowned for her unusual beauty, and Komachi is today a synonym for feminine beauty in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ono no Komachi is the 1,286th most popular writer (up from 1,480th in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 399th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Ono no Komachi ranks 1,286 out of 7,302. Before her are Hugo Gernsback, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Ellen Key, Elizabeth Gaskell, Georges Rodenbach, and Giovanni Papini. After her are Alcman, Ibn al-Nadim, Pierre Larousse, Kurt Tucholsky, Blaise de Vigenère, and Michael Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 825, Ono no Komachi ranks 3. Before her are Louis II of Italy, and Al-Muhtadi. After her are Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, Ariwara no Narihira, and Galindo Aznárez I. Among people deceased in 900, Ono no Komachi ranks 3. Before her are Pope John IX, and Zwentibold. After her are Donald II of Scotland, Almış, Andal, Leo the Mathematician, Nennius, Björn at Haugi, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, Prosigoj, and Cynewulf.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ono no Komachi ranks 363 out of 6,245. Before her are Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Emperor Go-Uda (1267), Sada Abe (1905), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), Hiroshi Saeki (1936), and Kōichirō Matsuura (1937). After her are Maeda Toshiie (1538), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Setsuko Hara (1920), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), and Emperor Tenmu (631).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ono no Komachi ranks 24. Before her are Shoko Asahara (1955), Yosa Buson (1716), Mori Ōgai (1862), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Sugawara no Michizane (845), and Eiji Yoshikawa (1892). After her are Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Ueda Akinari (1734), and Akiyuki Nosaka (1930).

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