bonshō

large bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan
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bonshō

Summary

bonshō ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • bonshō's image is recorded as RyoanJi-Kane.jpg[2].
  • Brahman is named after bonshō[3].
  • bonshō's location is recorded as shōrō[4].
  • bonshō's subclass of is recorded as musical instrument[5].
  • bonshō's subclass of is recorded as hanging bell[6].
  • bonshō's subclass of is recorded as Buddhist ritual object[7].
  • bonshō's Commons category is recorded as Temple bells in Japan[8].
  • bonshō's Commons category is recorded as Temple bells[9].
  • bonshō's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0vpy1z2[10].
  • bonshō's Commons gallery is recorded as Bells in Japanese Temple[11].
  • bonshō's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '梵鐘'}[12].
  • bonshō's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 111.242.121[13].
  • bonshō's name in kana is recorded as ぼんしょう[14].
  • bonshō's name in kana is recorded as ぼんしよう[15].
  • bonshō's revised Hepburn romanization is recorded as bonshō[16].
  • bonshō's schematic is recorded as Bonsho bits.png[17].
  • bonshō's KBpedia ID is recorded as Bonsho[18].
  • bonshō's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0022598[19].

Why It Matters

bonshō ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[1] bonshō has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] bonshō is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Q124784940. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Encyclopedia of Architecture and Building. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). bonshō. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bonsh
MLA “bonshō.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bonsh.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bonsh_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{bonshō}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bonsh}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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