# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asai-ryoi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:07:39.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asai-ryoi"
name: "Asai Ryōi"
slug: "asai-ryoi"
description: "Asai Ryōi  was a Japanese writer in the early Edo period. A Shin Buddhist priest who was at one time head of a Kyoto temple, he is held to be one of the finest writers of Kanazōshi. Kanazōshi was a form of popular literature that was written with little or no kanji, thus accessible to many. Though it spanned many genres, a common theme in Kanazōshi works was the celebration of contemporary urban life. Asai Ryōi's work in particular turned traditional Buddhist teaching on its head in an expression of urban ideals."
tagline: "Buddhist priest and writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1612"
deathDate: "1691-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.62466
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "اساي ريوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%AB_%D5%8C%D5%B5%D5%B8%D5%B5%D5%AB"
    title: "Ասաի Ռյոյի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%85%E4%BA%95%E4%BA%86%E6%84%8F"
    title: "浅井了意"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8Di_Asai"
    title: "Ryōi Asai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asai_Ry%C5%8Di"
    title: "Asai Ryōi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D1%91%D0%B8"
    title: "Асаи Рёи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%97_%D0%A0%D1%8C%D0%BE%D1%97"
    title: "Асаї Рьої"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B7%BA%E4%BA%95%E4%BA%86%E6%84%8F"
    title: "淺井了意"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2866305"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump