← Fame through time1600-1699
The 17th century
Whose working lives fell in the 17th 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 17th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Hishikawa Moronobu0 decades - 2Ogata Kōrin0 decades
- 3Tawara Sōtatsunot measured-
- 4
Kanō Tan'yūnot measured- - 5Ogata Kenzan0 decades
- 6
Torii Kiyonobu0 decades - 7
Iwasa Matabēnot measured- - 8
Tosa Mitsuoki0 decades - 9
Hanabusa Itchōnot measured-
- 10
Enkūnot measured- - 11
Kanō Sansetsunot measured- - 12
Hidari Jingorōnot measured- - 13
Konoe Nobutada0 decades - 14
Kanō Yasunobunot measured- - 15
Kanō Takanobunot measured- - 16
Kanō Naonobunot measured- - 17
Ono Otsūnot measured- - 18
Kanō Tsunenobunot measured- - 19
Shōkadō Shōjōnot measured- - 20
Kanō Einōnot measured- - 21
Kusumi Morikagenot measured- - 22
Teruko-naishinnōnot measured- - 23Kanō Sadanobunot measured-
- 24
Kanō Naganobunot measured- - 25
Kanō Tanshinnot measured- - 26Hasegawa Sōyanot measured-
- 27
Yoshida Hanbeinot measured- - 28
Kaigetsudō Anchinot measured- - 29Kanō Tansetsunot 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.