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Hikone Castle

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Hikone Castle

Summary

Hikone Castle is a Japanese castle[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of japanese_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (173 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hikone Castle is located in Hikone[3].
  • Hikone Castle is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Hikone Castle's image is recorded as Hikone Castle November 2016 -01.jpg[5].
  • Hikone Castle's image is recorded as 彦根城の天守閣.jpg[6].
  • Hikone Castle's instance of is recorded as Japanese castle[7].
  • Hikone Castle's instance of is recorded as hirayamajiro[8].
  • Hikone Castle's commissioned by is recorded as Ii Naokatsu[9].
  • Hikone Castle's founder is recorded as Ii Naokatsu[10].
  • Hikone Castle's operator is recorded as Ii clan[11].
  • Hikone Castle's made from material is recorded as wood[12].
  • Hikone Castle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 260315732[13].
  • Hikone Castle's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00955462[14].
  • Hikone Castle's part of is recorded as 100 Fine Castles of Japan[15].
  • Hikone Castle's Commons category is recorded as Hikone Castle[16].
  • Hikone Castle's has part is recorded as Hikone Castle Museum[17].
  • Hikone Castle's has part is recorded as Genkyū-en[18].
  • Hikone Castle's has part is recorded as Rakuraku-en[19].
  • Hikone Castle's has part is recorded as Hikone Castle Keep Tower[20].
  • Hikone Castle's has part is recorded as Tsukeyagura and Tamon'yagura[21].
  • +1603-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikone Castle[22].
  • Hikone Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.276388888889, 'lon': 136.25166666667}[23].
  • Hikone Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03b5zk[24].
  • Hikone Castle's official website is recorded as https://hikonecastle.com/[25].
  • Hikone Castle's heritage designation is recorded as National Treasure of Japan[26].
  • Hikone Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Site of Japan[27].

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Geography

Hikone Castle is in the country of Japan[4]. It is located in Hikone[3]. Its part of is recorded as 100 Fine Castles of Japan[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Japanese castle[7] and hirayamajiro[8]. Heritage statuses include National Treasure of Japan[26], Historic Site of Japan[27], Special Historic Site[28], Tentative World Heritage Site[29], and Japan Heritage[30].

History and Context

+1603-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikone Castle[22].

Why It Matters

Hikone Castle ranks in the top 3% of japanese_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (173 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Looniverse · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → wood
    Operator → —
    Has parts → —
    Inception → +1603-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: 彦根城の天守閣.jpg, Setting preferred rank for image via Como"
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