← Fame through time1100-1199
The 12th century
Whose working lives fell in the 12th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 12th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Fujiwara no Teika0 decades - 2
Saigyō0 decades - 3
Kamo no Chōmei0 decades - 4
Minamoto no Yorimasa0 decades - 5
Shikishi-naishinnōnot measured- - 6
Jien4 decades - 7
Fujiwara no Toshinari0 decades - 8
Fujiwara no Michinori0 decades - 9
Fujiwara no Tadazane0 decades - 10Kenreimon-in Ukyō no Daibunot measured-
- 11
Jakuren0 decades - 12
Nijō-in no Sanukinot measured- - 13
Fujiwara no Ietaka0 decades - 14
Kiyosuke Fujiwaranot measured- - 15
Dōinnot measured- - 16
Fujiwara no Akisuke0 decades - 17
Tokudaiji Sanesadanot measured- - 18
Shun'e0 decades - 19Kojijū0 decades
- 20
Inpumon-in no Taifunot measured- - 21
Minamoto no Kanemasa0 decades - 22
Go-Toba In Kunai-kyōnot measured- - 23Kayōmon-in no Echizennot measured-
- 24Kenshunmon-in Chūnagonnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.