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Tsubouchi Shōyō

1859 - 1935

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Tsubouchi Shōyō (坪内 逍遥; May 22, 1859 – February 28, 1935) was a Japanese author, critic, playwright, translator, editor, educator, and professor at Waseda University. He has been referred to as a seminal figure in Japanese drama. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tsubouchi Shōyō is the 4,101st most popular writer (down from 3,530th in 2019), the 1,138th most popular biography from Japan (down from 992nd in 2019) and the 86th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tsubouchi Shōyō ranks 4,101 out of 7,302Before him are Rafik Schami, Murad Wilfried Hofmann, Louis Bromfield, Corinna, Olaf Bull, and Don Miguel Ruiz. After him are Simon Vestdijk, Johannes Linnankoski, Judith Gautier, Misuzu Kaneko, Iraj Mirza, and August Ahlqvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Tsubouchi Shōyō ranks 102Before him are Teodor Teodorov, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Johan Jensen, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Vittorio Sella, and Teodor Axentowicz. After him are Paul César Helleu, Park Eun-sik, Mikhail Rodzianko, Mary Anderson, Childe Hassam, and Émil Goeldi. Among people deceased in 1935, Tsubouchi Shōyō ranks 105Before him are Chiquinha Gonzaga, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Anna Katharine Green, Charles Demuth, Bernhard Britz, and Jules Cambon. After him are Emil Młynarski, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Hans Baluschek, Heinrich Schenker, Julia Beck, and Sylvain Lévi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tsubouchi Shōyō ranks 1,138 out of 6,245Before him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Masato Kudo (1990), and Sumio Iijima (1939). After him are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Saigō Jūdō (1843), and Moto Hagio (1949).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Tsubouchi Shōyō ranks 86Before him are Doppo Kunikida (1871), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), and Shinichi Hoshi (1926). After him are Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Yoko Tawada (1960), Koji Suzuki (1957), and Itō Noe (1895).