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zuihitsu

genre of Japanese literature consisting of loosely connected personal essays and fragmented ideas that typically respond to the author's surroundings
Intangible literary_genre Q228675
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zuihitsu

Summary

zuihitsu is a literary genre[1]. zuihitsu draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #162 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • zuihitsu's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • zuihitsu's subclass of is recorded as Japanese literature[4].
  • zuihitsu's subclass of is recorded as essay[5].
  • zuihitsu's country of origin is recorded as Japan[6].
  • zuihitsu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gv0qv[7].
  • zuihitsu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zuihitsu[8].
  • zuihitsu's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 4002190[9].

Why It Matters

zuihitsu draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #162 of 487).[2] zuihitsu has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

Japan Japanese literature The Pillow Book

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). zuihitsu. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/zuihitsu
MLA “zuihitsu.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/zuihitsu.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_zuihitsu_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{zuihitsu}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/zuihitsu}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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