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Sho shogi

shogi variant; direct ancestor of modern shogi
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Sho shogi

Summary

Sho shogi is a shogi variant[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (shogi_variant category, ranking #7 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sho shogi's instance of is recorded as shogi variant[3].
  • Sho shogi's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[4].
  • Sho shogi's country of origin is recorded as Japan[5].
  • Sho shogi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07qwkg[6].
  • Sho shogi's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[7].
  • Sho shogi's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[8].
  • Sho shogi's BoardGameGeek ID is recorded as 83480[9].

Why It Matters

Sho shogi draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (shogi_variant category, ranking #7 of 21).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Sho shogi. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sho-shogi
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sho-shogi_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sho shogi}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sho-shogi}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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