The Spider's Thread

short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2471238
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The Spider's Thread

Summary

The Spider's Thread is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Spider's Thread authored Ryūnosuke Akutagawa[3].
  • The Spider's Thread's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • spider silk is named after The Spider's Thread[5].
  • The Spider's Thread's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3088147727692064710003[6].
  • The Spider's Thread's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[7].
  • The Spider's Thread's publication date is recorded as +1918-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • The Spider's Thread's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03c8cww[9].
  • The Spider's Thread's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '蜘蛛の糸'}[10].
  • The Spider's Thread's copyright status is recorded as public domain[11].
  • The Spider's Thread's copyright status is recorded as public domain[12].
  • The Spider's Thread's Aozora Bunko work ID is recorded as 000879/card92[13].
  • The Spider's Thread's FantLab work ID is recorded as 128614[14].
  • The Spider's Thread's form of creative work is recorded as short story[15].
  • The Spider's Thread's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987009538764805171[16].
  • The Spider's Thread's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 558074[17].
  • The Spider's Thread's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 蜘蛛の糸[18].

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Works and Contributions

The Spider's Thread authored Ryūnosuke Akutagawa[3].

Why It Matters

The Spider's Thread ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.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.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work short story
    Copyright status public domain, public domain
    Publication date
    Named after spider silk
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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