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Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴 1642 Writer Mukai Kyorai 向井去来 1651 Writer Chikamatsu Monzaemon 近松門左衛門 1653 Writer Arai Hakuseki 新井白石 1657 Historian Yamamoto Tsunetomo 山本常朝 1659 Philosopher Takarai Kikaku 宝井其角 1661 Writer Uejima Onitsura 上島鬼貫 1661 Writer Sonome 斯波園女 1664 Writer Kagami Shikō 各務支考 1665 Writer Kada no Azumamaro 荷田春満 1669 Writer Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴 1686 Philosopher Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 1686 Writer Namiki Sōsuke 並木宗輔 1695 Writer Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 1697 Philosopher Aoki Kon’yō 青木昆陽 1698 Writer Fukuda Chiyo-ni 加賀千代女 1703 Writer Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕 1712 Philosopher Tokugawa Munetake 徳川宗武 1715 Writer Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 1716 Writer Karai Senryū 柄井川柳 1718 Writer Yoshio Kōsaku 吉雄耕牛 1724 Writer Ike Gyokuran 池玉瀾 1727 Writer Hiraga Gennai 平賀源内 1728 Writer Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長 1730 Philosopher Namiki Shōzō I 並木正三 (初代) 1730 Writer Sugita Genpaku 杉田玄白 1733 Writer Ueda Akinari 上田秋成 1734 Writer Yamagata Bantō 山片蟠桃 1748 Writer Ōta Nanpo 大田南畝 1749 Writer Bōsai Kameda 亀田鵬斎 1752 Writer Morishima Chūryō 森島中良 1756 Writer Ryōkan 良寛 1758 Writer Santō Kyōden 山東京伝 1761 Writer Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 1763 Writer Tadano Makuzu 只野真葛 1763 Writer Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 1763 Writer Jippensha Ikku 十返舎一九 1765 Writer Shikitei Sanba 式亭三馬 1776 Writer Rai San’yo 頼山陽 1780 Historian Tansō Hirose 広瀬淡窓 1782 Writer Ema Saikō 江馬細香 1787 Writer Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 1790 Writer Ōtagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 1791 Writer Ōshio Heihachirō 大塩平八郎 1793 Writer Watanabe Kazan 渡辺崋山 1793 Writer Hara Saihin 原采蘋 1798 Writer Chō Kōran 梁川紅蘭 1804 Writer Matsudaira Yoritaka 松平頼位 1810 Writer Shigetane Suzuki 鈴木重胤 1812 Writer Tachibana Akemi 橘曙覧 1812 Writer Hagiwara Hiromichi 萩原広道 1815 Philosopher Kawatake Mokuami 河竹黙阿弥 1816 Writer Katsu Kaishū 勝海舟 1823 Historian Yamamoto Kakuma 山本覚馬 1828 Politician Nishi Amane 西周 1829 Philosopher Robun Kanagaki 仮名垣魯文 1829 Journalist Matsudaira Teru 松平照 1832 Writer Nakamura Masanao 中村正直 1832 Philosopher Fukuzawa Yukichi 福澤諭吉 1835 Philosopher Narushima Ryūhoku 成島柳北 1837 Philosopher