Kirishitan

term for Roman Catholics in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries
Place term Q718714
Kirishitan
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Kirishitan

Summary

Kirishitan is a term[1]. Kirishitan draws 290 Wikipedia views per month (term category, ranking #91 of 595).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kirishitan's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Kirishitan is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Kirishitan's image is recorded as JapaneseChristiansInPortugueseCostume16-17thCentury.jpg[5].
  • Kirishitan's instance of is recorded as term[6].
  • Kirishitan's instance of is recorded as religious identity[7].
  • Christian is named after Kirishitan[8].
  • Kirishitan's subclass of is recorded as Christian[9].
  • Kirishitan's Commons category is recorded as Roman Catholics from Japan[10].
  • Kirishitan's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[11].
  • Kirishitan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/044f0r[12].
  • Kirishitan's topic's main category is recorded as Q9472127[13].
  • Kirishitan's facet of is recorded as history of the Catholic Church in Japan[14].
  • Kirishitan's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Kirishitan[15].
  • Kirishitan's has list is recorded as list of Kirishitan in Japan[16].
  • Kirishitan's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as キリシタン[17].

Body

Geography

Kirishitan is in the country of Japan[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include term[6] and religious identity[7]. Kirishitan's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

Christian is named after Kirishitan[8].

Why It Matters

Kirishitan draws 290 Wikipedia views per month (term category, ranking #91 of 595).[2] Kirishitan has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Kirishitan is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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