Hell Screen

short story written by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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Summary

Hell Screen is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,181 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hell Screen authored Ryūnosuke Akutagawa[3].
  • Hell Screen's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Hell Screen was published by Iwanami Shoten[5].
  • Hell Screen's genre is horror fiction[6].
  • Hell Screen's based on is recorded as Uji Shūi Monogatari[7].
  • Hell Screen's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[8].
  • Hell Screen's country of origin is recorded as Japan[9].
  • Hell Screen was published on 1918[10].
  • Hell Screen's translator is recorded as Jay Rubin[11].
  • Hell Screen's published in is recorded as The Weird[12].
  • Hell Screen's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '地獄変'}[13].
  • Hell Screen's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '堀川の大殿樣のやうな方は、これまでは固より、後の世には恐らく二人とはいらつしやいますまい。'}[14].
  • Hell Screen's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '尤も小さな標の石は、その後何十年かの雨風に曝されて、とうの昔誰の墓とも知れないやうに、苔蒸してゐるにちがひございません。'}[15].
  • Hell Screen's derivative work is recorded as Portrait of Hell[16].
  • Hell Screen's copyright status is recorded as public domain[17].
  • Hell Screen's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • Hell Screen's form of creative work is recorded as short story[19].

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Authorship and Creation

Hell Screen authored Ryūnosuke Akutagawa[3]. It was published by Iwanami Shoten[5].

Publication

Hell Screen was released on 1918[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[8]. Its genre is horror fiction[6].

Why It Matters

Hell Screen ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,181 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'la', 'mk', 'ur', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 11
    Derivative work → Portrait of Hell
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