Kappa

E182908

Japanese literature novella satirical work

Kappa is a satirical 1927 novella by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that critiques modern Japanese society through the perspective of a man who finds himself in a bizarre world inhabited by mythical kappa creatures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kappa canonical	1
kappa	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese literature ⓘ novella ⓘ satirical work ⓘ
approximateLength	novella-length ⓘ
author	Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ⓘ
basedOn	Japanese folklore ⓘ
comparedTo	Gulliver's Travels ⓘ surface form: Gulliver’s Travels other satirical utopian/dystopian works ⓘ
containsElement	discussion of unborn children choosing life or abortion ⓘ inverted social customs ⓘ kappa art and literature ⓘ kappa labor practices ⓘ kappa legal system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
critiques	Japanese capitalism ⓘ bourgeois morality ⓘ contemporary intellectuals ⓘ
featuresMythicalCreature	Kappa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: kappa
firstPublishedIn	Japan ⓘ
genre	fantasy fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation	radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter	Chiri ⓘ Gael ⓘ Maggu ⓘ Tokkō ⓘ surface form: Tokku
influencedBy	Akutagawa’s mental health struggles ⓘ Akutagawa’s pessimism ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryMovement	Taishō period literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	unnamed human narrator ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	allegorical social criticism ⓘ darkly comic tone ⓘ use of mythical creatures to mirror human society ⓘ
originalLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
partOf	Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s late works ⓘ
publicationYear	1927 ⓘ
setting	fantastical world of kappa ⓘ
studiedIn	Japanese literature courses ⓘ
theme	absurdity of social norms ⓘ alienation ⓘ critique of capitalism ⓘ critique of modern Japanese society ⓘ eugenics and selective birth ⓘ social satire ⓘ suicide and despair ⓘ

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

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa → notableWork → Kappa ⓘ

Kappa → featuresMythicalCreature → Kappa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: kappa