sankin-kōtai

daimyō's alternate-year residence in Edo, a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate
Place policy Q1151844
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sankin-kōtai

Summary

sankin-kōtai is a policy[1]. sankin-kōtai draws 552 Wikipedia views per month (policy category, ranking #15 of 86).[2]

Key Facts

  • sankin-kōtai is in the country of Japan[3].
  • sankin-kōtai's instance of is recorded as policy[4].
  • sankin-kōtai's instance of is recorded as hostage policy[5].
  • sankin-kōtai's main regulatory text is recorded as Buke shohatto[6].
  • sankin-kōtai is a type of gun'yaku[7].
  • sankin-kōtai's Commons category is recorded as Sankin kōtai[8].
  • sankin-kōtai began on 1635[9].
  • sankin-kōtai ended on 1862[10].
  • Among those involved in sankin-kōtai was daimyo[11].
  • sankin-kōtai's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Tokugawa shogunate[12].
  • sankin-kōtai dates from the Edo period[13].

Body

Geography

sankin-kōtai is in the country of Japan[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include policy[4] and hostage policy[5].

Why It Matters

sankin-kōtai draws 552 Wikipedia views per month (policy category, ranking #15 of 86).[2] sankin-kōtai has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] sankin-kōtai is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    End time
    Start time +1635-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Applies to jurisdiction Tokugawa shogunate
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007542578405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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