← Fame through time1700-1799
The 18th century
Whose working lives fell in the 18th 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 18th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Hokusai14 decades - 2
Kitagawa Utamaro0 decades - 3
Sharakunot measured- - 4
Suzuki Harunobu0 decades - 5
Toriyama Sekien0 decades - 6
Sengai1 decades - 7
Itō Jakuchūnot measured- - 8
Okumura Masanobu0 decades - 9
Maruyama Ōkyo0 decades - 10
Katsukawa Shunshōnot measured- - 11
Miyagawa Isshonot measured- - 12
Utagawa Toyoharu0 decades - 13
Chōbunsai Eishinot measured- - 14
Sakai Hōitsu0 decades - 15
Miyagawa Chōshunnot measured- - 16
Ike no Taiga0 decades - 17
Isoda Koryūsai0 decades - 18
Nishikawa Sukenobu0 decades - 19
Ike Gyokuran0 decades - 20
Kitao Shigemasa0 decades - 21
Matsumura Goshun0 decades - 22
Tani Bunchōnot measured- - 23
Uragami Gyokudōnot measured- - 24Sō Shisekinot measured-
- 25
Nagasawa Rosetsunot measured- - 26
Denzen Aōdōnot measured- - 27
Ishikawa Toyonobunot measured- - 28
Soga Shōhakunot measured- - 29
Kubo Shunmannot measured- - 30
Katsukawa Shunkō Inot measured- - 31
Torii Kiyomitsu0 decades - 32
Kaigetsudō Andonot measured- - 33Mori Sosennot measured-
- 34
Kishi Gankunot measured- - 35
Satake Yoshiatsunot measured- - 36
Torii Kiyomasu0 decades - 37
Bōsai Kamedanot measured- - 38
Katsukawa Shun'einot measured- - 39
Eishōsai Chōkinot measured- - 40
Katsukawa Shunchōnot measured- - 41
Sugimura Jihēnot measured- - 42
Nishimura Shigenaganot measured- - 43
Sonsainot measured- - 44
Ippitsusai Bunchônot measured- - 45
Ōoka Shunbokunot measured- - 46
Torii Kiyomasu IInot measured- - 47Gion Nankainot measured-
- 48
Miyagawa Shunsuinot measured- - 49
Urakusai Nagahidenot measured- - 50
Okumura Toshinobunot measured- - 51
Torii Kiyonobu IInot measured- - 52
Katsukawa Shunsennot measured- - 53
Shunkōsai Hokushūnot measured- - 54
Gigadō Ashiyukinot measured- - 55
Shunbaisai Hokueinot measured- - 56Tani Kankannot 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.