komainu

statues mainly found in Shinto shrines
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komainu

Summary

komainu ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (903 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • komainu's image is recorded as TakaoKomaInu.jpg[2].
  • komainu's based on is recorded as Chinese guardian lions[3].
  • komainu's based on is recorded as Karajishi[4].
  • komainu's location is recorded as Shinto shrine[5].
  • komainu's subclass of is recorded as statue[6].
  • komainu's subclass of is recorded as mythological dog[7].
  • komainu's subclass of is recorded as Karajishi[8].
  • komainu's subclass of is recorded as lion of Buddha[9].
  • komainu's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566509[10].
  • komainu's part of is recorded as Japanese mythology[11].
  • komainu's Commons category is recorded as Komainu[12].
  • komainu's said to be the same as is recorded as Karajishi[13].
  • komainu's country of origin is recorded as Japan[14].
  • komainu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cm87cs[15].
  • komainu's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/komainu[16].
  • komainu's name in kana is recorded as こまいぬ[17].
  • komainu's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00642833n[18].
  • komainu's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 狛犬[19].
  • komainu's Golden ID is recorded as Komainu-XMK34Y[20].
  • komainu's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 코마이누[21].
  • komainu's JAANUS ID is recorded as k/komainu[22].
  • komainu's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 狛犬[23].

Why It Matters

komainu ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (903 views/month).[1] komainu has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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