Musashi

1935 novel by Eiji Yoshikawa
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Musashi
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Summary

Musashi is a literary work[1]. Musashi ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,845 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Eiji Yoshikawa[3]
  • Publisher: Asahi Shimbun[4]
  • Genre: historical fiction[5]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[6]
  • Country of origin: Japan[7]
  • Publication date: 1935[8]
  • Translator: Charles S. Terry[9]
  • Has edition or translation: 宮本武蔵(一)[10], Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Musashi[12]
  • Work available at URL: https://eto.box/book/64020208ce00154932a4a4992e94f1e5[13]
  • Topic has template: Template:Musashi[14]
  • Derivative work: Miyamoto Musashi[15]
  • Copyright status: public domain[16]
  • Form of creative work: novel[17]

Why It Matters

Musashi has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Musashi is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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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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  1. 5d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'pt', 'sh', '
    Sitelink count → 18
    Bookbrainz work id → 767385f1-226c-4f8a-a26a-49948ee761eb
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Filesdotcomgigs · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Translator → Charles S. Terry
    Language of work or name → Japanese
    Has edition or translation → 宮本武蔵(一), Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era
    Instance of → literary work
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Work available at url: https://eto.box/book/64020208ce00154932a4a4992e94f1e5, Add full-text availability link (P953) to a public-domain work"
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