Beauty and Sadness

novel by Yasunari Kawabata
Place written_work Q2604594
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Beauty and Sadness

Summary

Beauty and Sadness is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beauty and Sadness authored Yasunari Kawabata[3].
  • Beauty and Sadness's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • Beauty and Sadness was published by Chuokoron-Shinsha[5].
  • Beauty and Sadness's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[6].
  • Beauty and Sadness was distributed by hardcover[7].
  • Beauty and Sadness's country of origin is recorded as Japan[8].
  • Beauty and Sadness was published on 1964[9].
  • Beauty and Sadness was published on February 20, 1965[10].
  • Beauty and Sadness was released on 1981[11].
  • Beauty and Sadness's translator is recorded as Howard Hibbett[12].
  • Beauty and Sadness's official website is recorded as http://www.chuko.co.jp/bunko/1973/08/200020.html[13].
  • Beauty and Sadness's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '美しさと哀しみと'}[14].
  • Beauty and Sadness's form of creative work is recorded as novel[15].

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Designation and Status

Beauty and Sadness's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

Beauty and Sadness ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work novel
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    Official website http://www.chuko.co.jp/bunko/1973/08/200020.html
    Publication date +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1965-02-20T00:00:00Z, +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z
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