Meiji literature

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Meiji literature refers to the body of Japanese writing produced during the Meiji era (1868–1912), marked by rapid modernization, Western influence, and the emergence of the modern Japanese novel.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meiji literature canonical 2
Meiji essays 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese literature period ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
associatedWith I-novel tradition (as precursor) ⓘ
Meiji Restoration reforms ⓘ
linked to: Meiji Restoration

formation of literary societies ⓘ
modernization of Japanese language ⓘ
rise of mass print culture ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endTime 1912 ⓘ
followedBy Taishō literature ⓘ
follows Edo-period literature ⓘ
late Tokugawa literature ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
haiku ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
novel ⓘ
shintaishi (new-style poetry) ⓘ
short story ⓘ
tanka ⓘ
hasPart Meiji drama ⓘ
Meiji essays ⓘ
linked to: Meiji literature

Meiji literary criticism ⓘ
Meiji novels ⓘ
Meiji poetry ⓘ
influenced Japanese literary criticism ⓘ
Taishō literature ⓘ
modern Japanese fiction ⓘ
modern Japanese poetry ⓘ
influencedBy American literature ⓘ
Chinese classical literature ⓘ
European literature ⓘ
Meiji Restoration ⓘ
Russian literature ⓘ
industrialization in Japan ⓘ
modern education system in Japan ⓘ
press freedom and newspaper culture ⓘ
rangaku (Dutch learning) ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
mainCharacteristic Western influence ⓘ
emergence of the modern Japanese novel ⓘ
experimentation with new literary styles ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ
rapid modernization ⓘ
realism ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
use of genbun itchi (unification of spoken and written language) ⓘ
medium books ⓘ
literary magazines ⓘ
newspapers ⓘ
notableAuthor Futabatei Shimei ⓘ
Higuchi Ichiyō ⓘ
Ichiyō Higuchi ⓘ
linked to: Higuchi Ichiyō

Kunikida Doppo ⓘ
Kōda Rohan ⓘ
Mori Ōgai ⓘ
Natsume Sōseki ⓘ
Ozaki Kōyō NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shimazaki Tōson ⓘ
Tokutomi Roka ⓘ
Tsubouchi Shōyō ⓘ
notableWork Botchan ⓘ
Gan ⓘ
Kokoro ⓘ
Maihime ⓘ
Musashino ⓘ
linked to: Musashino City

Sanshirō ⓘ
The Broken Commandment ⓘ
Ukigumo ⓘ
period Meiji era ⓘ
startTime 1868 ⓘ
theme Westernization ⓘ
conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ
education and intellectual life ⓘ
family and gender roles ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
writingSystem kana ⓘ
kanji ⓘ
rōmaji ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Natsume Sōseki → movement → Meiji literature ⓘ
Edo literature → influenced → Meiji literature ⓘ
Meiji literature → hasPart → Meiji essays ⓘ
linked to: Meiji literature