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Namahage

Japanese folklore character associated with new year's ritual
Class type of: visiting god Q1133889

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
annual event
Country
Japan[2]
Location
Oga[3]
Subclass of
visiting god[4]
Armament
Deba bōchō[6]
Day in year for periodic occurrence
ōmisoka[7]
Indigenous to
Oga Peninsula[9]
Intangible cultural heritage status
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan (1978–present), intangible cultural heritage (2018–present)[10][11]
Time of earliest written record
February 8, 1811[8]
Unicode character
👹[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Namahage en Oga no Namahage fa ناماهاگه ja あまぶらこさぎ ja ナゴメハギ ja なまはげ ja ナマハゲ ja 生剝 ja 生剝げ ja 男鹿のナマハゲ ko 나마하게 pl Festiwal Namahage Sedo ru Намахагэ th นามาฮาเงะ zh 生剝鬼 zh 生剥鬼节
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Straw namahage.2.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/097kf1
Japanese Database of National Cultural Properties ID
302/17
NDL Authority ID
031734599
NicoNicoPedia ID
なまはげ
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
なまはげ

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Armament 1
Deba bōchō
Country 1
Japan
Day in year for periodic occurrence 1
ōmisoka
Indigenous to 1
Oga Peninsula
Intangible cultural heritage status 1
intangible cultural heritage
Location 1
Oga
Named after 1
7664 Namahage
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Summary

Namahage is an annual event[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Namahage include 7664 Namahage[12], an asteroid[13].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Namahage include 7664 Namahage[12], an asteroid[13].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Japanese Database of National Cultural Properties. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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