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Japanese literature

Quality:

Japanese literature - literature of Japan. Article “Japanese literature” in English Wikipedia has 53.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 30 references and 24 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5.9 points.

This article has the best quality in Catalan Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Japanese literature”, its content was written by 284 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1404 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1025 times in English Wikipedia and cited 7419 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2447 in February 2004
  • Global: #258 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #46705 in August 2010
  • Global: #32750 in July 2008

There are 42 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Catalan (ca)
Literatura japonesa
84.1901
2German (de)
Japanische Literatur
76.479
3Italian (it)
Letteratura giapponese
63.8646
4Russian (ru)
Литература Японии
63.0044
5French (fr)
Littérature japonaise
54.436
6English (en)
Japanese literature
53.0791
7Vietnamese (vi)
Văn học Nhật Bản
47.7966
8Chinese (zh)
日本文学
43.6338
9Polish (pl)
Literatura japońska
41.306
10Croatian (hr)
Japanska književnost
38.5361
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese literature" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Japanese literature
2 393 425
2Japanese (ja)
日本文学
1 089 499
3Spanish (es)
Literatura de Japón
623 208
4Russian (ru)
Литература Японии
438 251
5Chinese (zh)
日本文学
324 778
6Italian (it)
Letteratura giapponese
253 956
7French (fr)
Littérature japonaise
189 978
8German (de)
Japanische Literatur
161 372
9Vietnamese (vi)
Văn học Nhật Bản
137 011
10Portuguese (pt)
Literatura do Japão
124 428
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese literature" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Japanese literature
3 832
2Japanese (ja)
日本文学
2 454
3Russian (ru)
Литература Японии
1 141
4Chinese (zh)
日本文学
809
5French (fr)
Littérature japonaise
525
6Italian (it)
Letteratura giapponese
388
7German (de)
Japanische Literatur
248
8Spanish (es)
Literatura de Japón
219
9Polish (pl)
Literatura japońska
195
10Portuguese (pt)
Literatura do Japão
169
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Japanese literature" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Japanese literature
284
2German (de)
Japanische Literatur
138
3Italian (it)
Letteratura giapponese
112
4French (fr)
Littérature japonaise
104
5Japanese (ja)
日本文学
85
6Dutch (nl)
Japanse literatuur
65
7Russian (ru)
Литература Японии
59
8Spanish (es)
Literatura de Japón
54
9Esperanto (eo)
Japanlingva literaturo
39
10Hungarian (hu)
Japán irodalom
38
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Japanese literature" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Literatura japonesa
1
2Estonian (et)
Jaapani kirjandus
1
3Basque (eu)
Japonierazko literatura
1
4French (fr)
Littérature japonaise
1
5Italian (it)
Letteratura giapponese
1
6Polish (pl)
Literatura japońska
1
7Serbian (sr)
Japanska književnost
1
8Arabic (ar)
أدب ياباني
0
9Azerbaijani (az)
Yapon ədəbiyyatı
0
10Bulgarian (bg)
Японска литература
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Japanese literature" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
日本文学
1 822
2English (en)
Japanese literature
1 025
3French (fr)
Littérature japonaise
720
4Italian (it)
Letteratura giapponese
539
5Arabic (ar)
أدب ياباني
351
6Chinese (zh)
日本文学
329
7Russian (ru)
Литература Японии
263
8Portuguese (pt)
Literatura do Japão
223
9Ukrainian (uk)
Японська література
216
10Persian (fa)
ادبیات ژاپنی
195
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أدب ياباني
azAzerbaijani
Yapon ədəbiyyatı
bgBulgarian
Японска литература
caCatalan
Literatura japonesa
csCzech
Japonská literatura
deGerman
Japanische Literatur
enEnglish
Japanese literature
eoEsperanto
Japanlingva literaturo
esSpanish
Literatura de Japón
etEstonian
Jaapani kirjandus
euBasque
Japonierazko literatura
faPersian
ادبیات ژاپنی
fiFinnish
Japanin kirjallisuus
frFrench
Littérature japonaise
heHebrew
ספרות יפנית
hiHindi
जापानी साहित्य
hrCroatian
Japanska književnost
huHungarian
Japán irodalom
hyArmenian
Ճապոնական գրականություն
idIndonesian
Sastra Jepang
itItalian
Letteratura giapponese
jaJapanese
日本文学
kaGeorgian
იაპონური ლიტერატურა
kkKazakh
Жапон әдебиеті
koKorean
일본 문학
laLatin
Litterae Iaponiae
ltLithuanian
Japonijos literatūra
msMalay
Kesusasteraan Jepun
nlDutch
Japanse literatuur
plPolish
Literatura japońska
ptPortuguese
Literatura do Japão
roRomanian
Literatura japoneză
ruRussian
Литература Японии
simpleSimple English
Japanese literature
slSlovenian
Japonska književnost
srSerbian
Japanska književnost
svSwedish
Japansk litteratur
trTurkish
Japon edebiyatı
ukUkrainian
Японська література
urUrdu
جاپانی ادب
viVietnamese
Văn học Nhật Bản
zhChinese
日本文学

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#46705
08.2010
Global:
#32750
07.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2447
02.2004
Global:
#258
02.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Japanese literature from Wikipedia articles about Japan, The Tale of Genji, Haruki Murakami, No Longer Human and Masayasu Wakabayashi. Whereas reading the article about Japanese literature people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Modern and contemporary Japanese literature, Yasunari Kawabata, Kenzaburō Ōe, Yukio Mishima and Heian literature.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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