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The Makioka Sisters

novel by Junichiro Tanizaki
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Summary

The Makioka Sisters is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,261 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki[3]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[4]
  • Color: black-and-white[5]
  • Country of origin: Japan[6]
  • Publication date: 1948[7]
  • Title: 細雪[8]
  • Derivative work: Q141597203[9], The Makioka Sisters[10], 細雪 (1965年のテレビドラマ)[11]
  • Copyright status: public domain[12]
  • Form of creative work: novel[13]

Why It Matters

The Makioka Sisters has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Japan Jun'ichirō Tanizaki literary work public domain

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Q141597203, The Makioka Sisters, The Makioka Sisters +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Derivative work: 細雪 (1965年のテレビドラマ)"
  2. 14d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Q141597203, The Makioka Sisters, The Makioka Sisters +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: The Makioka Sisters, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790937554626"
  3. 15d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Q141597203, The Makioka Sisters, The Makioka Sisters +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: The Makioka Sisters, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790848679325"
  4. 17d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Q141597203, The Makioka Sisters, The Makioka Sisters +1
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fa', 'it', 'ja', 'ka', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru', 'ur', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 10
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Q141597203, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790682243957"
  5. 19w ago · Funkhauser · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goodreads work id → 841208
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goodreads work id: 841208"
  6. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → Japanese
    Country of origin → Japan
    Form of creative work → novel
    Country of origin → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ur */"
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