One-inch boy

Summary

One-inch boy is a fairy tale^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of fairy_tale entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• One-inch boy's instance of is recorded as fairy tale^[3].
• One-inch boy's Commons category is recorded as Issun bôshi^[4].
• One-inch boy's country of origin is recorded as Japan^[5].
• One-inch boy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hb01^[6].
• One-inch boy's name in kana is recorded as いっすんぼうし^[7].
• One-inch boy's Miraheze article ID is recorded as shinto:Issun-bōshi^[8].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for One-inch boy include 10162 Issunboushi^[9], an asteroid^[10].

Why It Matters

One-inch boy ranks in the top 6% of fairy_tale entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[11] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[12]

Entities named for it include 10162 Issunboushi^[9], an asteroid^[10].