The Box Man

1973 novel by Kōbō Abe
VisualArtwork literary_work Q11603406
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Summary

The Box Man is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Box Man authored Kōbō Abe[3].
  • The Box Man's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Box Man's publisher is recorded as Shinchosha[5].
  • The Box Man's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[6].
  • The Box Man's distribution format is recorded as hardcover[7].
  • The Box Man's country of origin is recorded as Japan[8].
  • The Box Man's publication date is recorded as +1973-03-30T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The Box Man's Open Library ID is recorded as OL13569872M[10].
  • The Box Man's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126726114[11].
  • The Box Man's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137848337[12].
  • The Box Man's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 4935689[13].
  • The Box Man's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+191'}[14].
  • The Box Man's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Box-Man[15].
  • The Box Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '箱男'}[16].
  • The Box Man's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121w6r97[17].
  • The Box Man's derivative work is recorded as The Box Man[18].
  • The Box Man's FantLab work ID is recorded as 160768[19].
  • The Box Man's form of creative work is recorded as novel[20].
  • The Box Man's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 58327[21].
  • The Box Man's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 197[22].

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Works and Contributions

The Box Man authored Kōbō Abe[3].

Why It Matters

The Box Man ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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