biwa hōshi

pre-Meiji era travelling performers
Intangible musical_profession Q4386521
biwa hōshi
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biwa hōshi

Summary

biwa hōshi is a musical profession[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (musical_profession category, ranking #23 of 60).[2]

Key Facts

  • biwa hōshi's image is recorded as Biwa-Hoshi-71-Shokunin-Uta-Awase-Picture-Scroll.png[3].
  • biwa hōshi's instance of is recorded as musical profession[4].
  • biwa hōshi's instance of is recorded as historical profession[5].
  • biwa hōshi's subclass of is recorded as lutenist[6].
  • biwa hōshi's subclass of is recorded as blind musician[7].
  • biwa hōshi's subclass of is recorded as Buddhist monk[8].
  • biwa hōshi's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001169249[9].
  • biwa hōshi's Commons category is recorded as Biwa hōshi[10].
  • biwa hōshi's field of this occupation is recorded as heikyoku[11].
  • biwa hōshi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yn17[12].
  • biwa hōshi's instrument is recorded as biwa[13].
  • biwa hōshi's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/biwa-hoshi[14].
  • biwa hōshi's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 琵琶法師[15].

Why It Matters

biwa hōshi draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (musical_profession category, ranking #23 of 60).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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