katana

Japanese sword, that was used by samurai
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katana

Summary

katana is a weapon family[1]. katana ranks in the top 2% of weapon_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • katana's instance of is recorded as weapon family[3].
  • katana is a type of Japanese sword[4].
  • katana is a type of sword[5].
  • katana is part of daishō[6].
  • katana's Commons category is recorded as Katana[7].
  • katana's country of origin is recorded as Japan[8].
  • katana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Katana[9].
  • katana's Commons gallery is recorded as Katana[10].
  • katana's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • katana's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '打刀'}[12].
  • katana's different from is recorded as Katana[13].
  • katana's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • katana's P14470 is recorded as Objects/Katana[15].

Body

Geography

katana is part of daishō[6].

Designation and Status

katana's instance of is recorded as weapon family[3].

Why It Matters

katana ranks in the top 2% of weapon_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2] katana has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] katana is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 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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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Immanuelle · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 75
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ary', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'bxr', 'ca'
    Fandom article id → shinto:Katana
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6262]]: shinto:Katana, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790966848888"
  2. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Katana
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Katana, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Segovia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q298251, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Instance of → weapon family
    Subclass of → Japanese sword, sword
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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