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The Decay of the Angel

novel by Yukio Mishima
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The Decay of the Angel

Summary

The Decay of the Angel is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Decay of the Angel authored Yukio Mishima[3].
  • The Decay of the Angel's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Decay of the Angel was published by Shinchosha[5].
  • The Decay of the Angel was published by Alfred A. Knopf[6].
  • The Decay of the Angel followed The Temple of Dawn[7].
  • The Decay of the Angel's part of the series is recorded as The Sea of Fertility[8].
  • The Decay of the Angel is part of The Sea of Fertility[9].
  • The Decay of the Angel's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[10].
  • The Decay of the Angel's country of origin is recorded as Japan[11].
  • 1970 marks the founding of The Decay of the Angel[12].
  • The Decay of the Angel was released on February 25, 1971[13].
  • The Decay of the Angel's translator is recorded as Edward Seidensticker[14].
  • The Decay of the Angel's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '天人五衰'}[15].
  • The Decay of the Angel's form of creative work is recorded as novel[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0ef81503-e937-406f-ba98-0642107d697d[18]

Body

Geography

The Decay of the Angel is part of The Sea of Fertility[9].

Designation and Status

The Decay of the Angel's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

History and Context

1970 marks the founding of The Decay of the Angel[12].

Why It Matters

The Decay of the Angel ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Japan Yukio Mishima

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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