Oku no Hosomichi

work by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1287971
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Oku no Hosomichi

Summary

Oku no Hosomichi is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oku no Hosomichi authored Matsuo Bashō[3].
  • Oku no Hosomichi is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's genre is recorded as travel literature[6].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's genre is recorded as haibun[7].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's genre is recorded as travel journal[8].
  • Mutsu Province is named after Oku no Hosomichi[9].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00627127[10].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Japanese[11].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's has part is recorded as Q11655343[12].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's publication date is recorded as +1702-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's start time is recorded as +1689-05-16T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's end time is recorded as +1689-10-04T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0326l5[16].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's has edition or translation is recorded as Q47481208[17].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's page banner is recorded as Oku no Hosomichi separate at Yamanaka Wikivoyage banner.jpg[18].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Narrow-Road-to-the-Deep-North[19].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's start point is recorded as Fukagawa[20].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's destination point is recorded as Ōgaki-juku[21].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '月日は百代の過客にしてゆきかふ年も又旅人なり'}[22].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's time period is recorded as Edo period[23].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's culture is recorded as Genroku culture[24].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as la-sente-etroite-du-bout-du-monde[25].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's copyright status is recorded as public domain[26].
  • Oku no Hosomichi's significant place is recorded as Landscape of Oku no Hosomichi[27].

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Works and Contributions

Oku no Hosomichi authored Matsuo Bashō[3]. Things named for it include The Narrow Road to the Deep North[28], a literary work[29], written by Richard Flanagan[30] and 11288 Okunohosomichi[31], an asteroid[32].

Why It Matters

Oku no Hosomichi ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include The Narrow Road to the Deep North[28], a literary work[29], written by Richard Flanagan[30] and 11288 Okunohosomichi[31], an asteroid[32].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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