Meireki

Japanese era from May 1655 to August 1658
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Meireki

Summary

Meireki is a Japanese era name[1]. Meireki ranks in the top 10% of japanese_era_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meireki is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Meireki's instance of is recorded as Japanese era name[4].
  • Meireki's follows is recorded as Jōō[5].
  • Meireki's followed by is recorded as Manji[6].
  • Meireki's start time is recorded as +1655-05-18T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Meireki's end time is recorded as +1658-08-20T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Meireki's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0455g4[9].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Meireki include Great Fire of Meireki[10], a fire in Edo[11], in Tokugawa shogunate[12].

Why It Matters

Meireki ranks in the top 10% of japanese_era_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2] Meireki has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Meireki is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for Meireki include Great Fire of Meireki[10], a fire in Edo[11], in Tokugawa shogunate[12].

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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