kisaeng

enslaved women who worked to entertain others, such as yangbans and kings, during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties
Event slavery Q696948
kisaeng
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kisaeng

Summary

kisaeng is a slavery[1]. kisaeng draws 365 Wikipedia views per month (slavery category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • kisaeng's image is recorded as Ginyeo.jpg[3].
  • kisaeng's image is recorded as Korea-Kisaeng-03.jpg[4].
  • kisaeng is recorded as female[5].
  • kisaeng's instance of is recorded as slavery[6].
  • kisaeng's instance of is recorded as courtesan[7].
  • kisaeng's instance of is recorded as occupation[8].
  • kisaeng's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00565984[9].
  • kisaeng's Commons category is recorded as Kisaeng[10].
  • kisaeng's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/092jbf[11].
  • kisaeng's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kisaeng[12].
  • kisaeng's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/kisaeng[13].
  • kisaeng's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '기생'}[14].
  • kisaeng's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '기녀'}[15].
  • kisaeng's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '해어화'}[16].
  • kisaeng's Quora topic ID is recorded as Kisaeng[17].
  • kisaeng's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 기생[18].
  • kisaeng's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0008280[19].

Why It Matters

kisaeng draws 365 Wikipedia views per month (slavery category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] kisaeng has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] kisaeng is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. encykorea.aks.ac.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. encykorea.aks.ac.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . 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). kisaeng. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kisaeng
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kisaeng_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kisaeng}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kisaeng}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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