Botchan
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Botchan is a classic Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, known for its humorous portrayal of a hot-headed young Tokyoite teaching in a rural middle school and its critique of hypocrisy and social pretension.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Botchan canonical | 1 |
| Natsume Sōseki novel Botchan | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Botchan (anime adaptations)
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Botchan (film adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ Botchan (manga adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Natsume Sōseki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCritiqueOf |
academic politics
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bureaucratic hypocrisy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Hototogisu magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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humorous novel ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Kiyo
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Nodaiko NERFINISHED ⓘ Porcupine NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Shirt NERFINISHED ⓘ Uranari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | inspired use of the name "Botchan" for naive but honest young men in Japan ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
Botchan (translated by J. Cohn and others)
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Botchan (translated by Joel R. Cohn) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotive | defense of personal integrity ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Japanese popular culture ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Meiji era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Botchan (protagonist) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
colloquial narrative style
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social satire of Meiji-era Japan ⓘ vivid characterization ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| protagonistOrigin | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | hot-headed ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| publisher | Shunyōdō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Shikoku
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rural middle school ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| theme |
clash between urban and rural values
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critique of hypocrisy ⓘ critique of social pretension ⓘ integrity versus corruption ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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ironic ⓘ |
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Natsume Sōseki novel Botchan