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Katsura Imperial Villa

building in Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Summary

Katsura Imperial Villa is a detached palace[1]. It draws 3,111 Wikipedia views per month (detached palace category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: BCS Prize[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nishikyō Ward[4]
  • Country: Japan[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Katsura River[6]
  • Instance of: royal villa[7], Japanese Imperial Facilities[8]
  • Founder: Hachijō Toshihito[9]
  • Maintained by: Kyoto Office of Imperial Household Agency[10]
  • Architectural style: sukiya-zukuri[11]
  • Location: Katsura[12]
  • Commons category: Katsura Imperial Villa[13]
  • Occupant: Katsura-no-miya[14]
  • Significant event: construction[15]
  • Official website: https://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/guide/katsura.html[16], https://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/english/guide/katsura.html[17], https://sankan.kunaicho.go.jp/order/index_EN.html[18]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1616[19]
  • Heritage designation: Important Cultural Property of Japan[20]
  • Native label: 桂離宮[21]
  • Transliteration or transcription: Katsura Rikyū[22], Katsura Rikyuu[23], Katsura Rikyu[24]
  • Fee: 1000 yen[25]
  • Ground level 360 degree view URL: https://kyoto-gosho.kunaicho.go.jp/vr/html/vrcontent/katsura/[26]

Why It Matters

Katsura Imperial Villa has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Katsura Imperial Villa receive?

Honors received include BCS Prize[3].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . nikkenren.com. nikkenren.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . BS 4812:1972. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q137536838. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 12h ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Katsura Imperial Villa, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/fb2d267272cf|details]])"
  2. 22d ago · Immanuelle · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'l
    Fandom article id → shinto:Katsura Imperial Villa
    Transliteration or transcription → Katsura Rikyū, Katsura Rikyuu, Katsura Rikyu
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fandom article id: shinto:Katsura Imperial Villa, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790801419303"
  3. 19w ago · Hirho · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Transliteration or transcription → Katsura Rikyū, Katsura Rikyuu, Katsura Rikyu
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Transliteration or transcription: Hōryūji, Copying from Hōryū-ji Temple"
  4. 25w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Katsura
    Fee → {'unit': 'Q8146', 'amount': '+1000'}
    Founder → Hachijō Toshihito
    Occupant → Katsura-no-miya
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Building", "KatsuraImperialPalace::g4c39"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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