Ryukyuan music

umbrella term that encompasses diverse musical traditions of the Amami, Okinawa, Miyako and Yaeyama Islands of southwestern Japan, also referring to the musical traditions of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom
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Ryukyuan music

Summary

Ryukyuan music is a music by country or region[1]. It draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (music_by_country_or_region category, ranking #95 of 309).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ryukyuan music's image is recorded as Uzagaku.jpg[3].
  • Ryukyuan music's instance of is recorded as music by country or region[4].
  • Ryukyuan music's instance of is recorded as music genre[5].
  • Ryukyuan music's subclass of is recorded as music of East Asia[6].
  • Ryukyuan music's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00568850[7].
  • Ryukyuan music's Commons category is recorded as Ryukyuan music[8].
  • Ryukyuan music's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02shqx[9].
  • Ryukyuan music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ryukyuan music[10].
  • Ryukyuan music's indigenous to is recorded as Ryūkyū[11].
  • Ryukyuan music's culture is recorded as Ryukyuan culture[12].
  • Ryukyuan music's schematic is recorded as Nanto song evotree.svg[13].
  • Ryukyuan music's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as ryukyuan-music[14].
  • Ryukyuan music's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as ryukyuongaku[15].

Why It Matters

Ryukyuan music draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (music_by_country_or_region category, ranking #95 of 309).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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