I-novel

Japanese genre of confessional literature where the events in the story correspond to events in the author's life
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I-novel

Summary

I-novel is a novel genre[1]. I-novel draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (novel_genre category, ranking #17 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • I-novel's instance of is recorded as novel genre[3].
  • I-novel's instance of is recorded as literary form[4].
  • I is named after I-novel[5].
  • I-novel's subclass of is recorded as naturalism[6].
  • I-novel's subclass of is recorded as novel[7].
  • I-novel's subclass of is recorded as modern and contemporary Japanese literature[8].
  • I-novel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0858s3[9].
  • I-novel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/I-novel[10].
  • I-novel's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '私小説'}[11].
  • I-novel's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '私小説'}[12].
  • I-novel's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 57484[13].

Why It Matters

I-novel draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (novel_genre category, ranking #17 of 50).[2] I-novel has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] I-novel is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). I-novel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-novel
MLA “I-novel.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-novel.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-novel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I-novel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-novel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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