shō

Summary

shō ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• shō's image is recorded as Gifujyou5846.JPG^[2].
• shō's subclass of is recorded as free reed aerophone^[3].
• shō's subclass of is recorded as traditional Japanese musical instrument^[4].
• shō's subclass of is recorded as sheng^[5].
• shō's Commons category is recorded as Shō (instrument)^[6].
• shō's country of origin is recorded as Japan^[7].
• shō's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +0800-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8].
• shō's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06r3x_^[9].
• shō's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300212030^[10].
• shō's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 58a2fe57-147c-4a48-a2af-cf87305fcaab^[11].
• shō's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000254819^[12].
• shō's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/sho^[13].
• shō's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 412.13^[14].
• shō's different from is recorded as Shō^[15].
• shō's different from is recorded as sheng^[16].
• shō's Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ID is recorded as mp2013015639^[17].
• shō's SEKO ID is recorded as 00924^[18].

Why It Matters

shō ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).^[1] shō has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] shō is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]