Shinsengumi

19th Century Japanese special police force
Organization military_unit Q221031
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Shinsengumi

Summary

Shinsengumi is a military unit[1]. Shinsengumi ranks in the top 0.32% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,091 views/month, #16 of 4,978).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shinsengumi is in the country of Tokugawa shogunate[3].
  • Shinsengumi's image is recorded as Shinsengumi-Uniformen.jpg[4].
  • Shinsengumi's instance of is recorded as military unit[5].
  • Shinsengumi's flag image is recorded as Flag of Shinsengumi.svg[6].
  • Shinsengumi's follows is recorded as Mibu Rōshigumi[7].
  • Shinsengumi's followed by is recorded as Kōyō Chinbutai[8].
  • Shinsengumi's headquarters location is recorded as Yagi Mansion[9].
  • Shinsengumi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152465231[10].
  • Shinsengumi's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82066954[11].
  • Shinsengumi's Commons category is recorded as Shinsengumi[12].
  • Shinsengumi's chairperson is recorded as Kondō Isami[13].
  • Shinsengumi's has part is recorded as Serizawa Kamo[14].
  • Shinsengumi's has part is recorded as Kondō Isami[15].
  • Shinsengumi's has part is recorded as Niimi Nishiki[16].
  • Shinsengumi's has part is recorded as Saitō Hajime[17].
  • Shinsengumi's has part is recorded as Hijikata Toshizō[18].
  • Shinsengumi's has part is recorded as Ōno Uchū[19].
  • Shinsengumi's has part is recorded as Q11582472[20].
  • +1863-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shinsengumi[21].
  • Shinsengumi was dissolved in +1869-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Shinsengumi's participated in conflict is recorded as Kinmon Incident[23].
  • Shinsengumi's participated in conflict is recorded as Boshin War[24].
  • Shinsengumi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hbkn[25].
  • Shinsengumi's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph683977[26].
  • Shinsengumi's location of formation is recorded as Edo[27].

Body

Founding

+1863-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shinsengumi[21]. Shinsengumi's location of formation is recorded as Edo[27].

Identity

Shinsengumi's follows is recorded as Mibu Rōshigumi[7]. Shinsengumi's followed by is recorded as Kōyō Chinbutai[8].

Leadership

Shinsengumi's chairperson is recorded as Kondō Isami[13].

Operations

Shinsengumi's headquarters location is recorded as Yagi Mansion[9]. Shinsengumi's parent organization or unit is recorded as Kyoto Shugoshoku[28].

Dissolution

Shinsengumi was dissolved in +1869-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Shinsengumi include Reiwa Shinsengumi[29], a political party[30], in Japan[31], founded in 2019[32], headquartered in Yotsuya[33].

Why It Matters

Shinsengumi ranks in the top 0.32% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,091 views/month, #16 of 4,978).[2] Shinsengumi has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Shinsengumi is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Shinsengumi include Reiwa Shinsengumi[29], a political party[30], in Japan[31], founded in 2019[32], headquartered in Yotsuya[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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