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Ōsugi Sakae

1885 - 1923

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Ōsugi Sakae (Japanese: 大杉 栄; 17 January 1885 – 16 September 1923) was a Japanese anarchist, writer, and social critic of the Taishō period. His thought centered on individualism, direct action, and the "expansion of the ego" as philosophical underpinnings for social and personal revolution. His advocacy of free love and his controversial personal life, which included simultaneous relationships with three women, led to a violent attack against him and his temporary ostracism from the socialist movement. Born into a military family, Ōsugi was expelled from military school for insubordination and turned to language studies and radical politics in Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Ōsugi Sakae is the 506th most popular social activist (down from 432nd in 2024), the 1,345th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,110th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ōsugi Sakae ranks 506 out of 840. Before him are Assata Shakur, Joseph Wresinski, Kim Ok, Xiomara Acevedo, Eugen Drewermann, and Medgar Evers. After him are Daniel De Leon, Christine Delphy, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Doina Cornea, Stephen Mallory, and Urani Rumbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Ōsugi Sakae ranks 201. Before him are Henri Béraud, Alexander Tairov, Marcello Bertinetti, Dale Fuller, Alicia Moreau de Justo, and Frederic Zelnik. After him are Fritz von Unruh, Mae Murray, Stevan Hristić, Urani Rumbo, Georges Passerieu, and Margaret Harwood. Among people deceased in 1923, Ōsugi Sakae ranks 98. Before him are Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Tage Reedtz-Thott, Tomás Bretón, Michel de Klerk, Dmitry Anuchin, and Hermann Möller. After him are Georg Marco, Guy de la Chapelle, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Eugen Huber, Jan Kotěra, and Bernard Bosanquet.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ōsugi Sakae ranks 1,345 out of 6,245. Before him are Minami Takayama (1964), Mao Kobayashi (1999), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Yoshiaki Arata (1924), Shinji Tanaka (1960), and Yasuzo Masumura (1924). After him are Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), Yoshihiko Matsuoka (1977), Yoshikazu Nagai (1952), Rinko Kikuchi (1981), and Atsushi Matsuura (1981).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Japan

Among social activists born in Japan, Ōsugi Sakae ranks 10. Before him are Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Kōtoku Shūsui (1871), and Gotō Shōjirō (1838). After him are Megumi Yokota (1964), Akira Amano (1973), Jared Taylor (1951), Oliver Wood (null), and Sayaka Osakabe (1978).

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