wakizashi

shorter sabre in a daishō
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wakizashi

Summary

wakizashi is a weapon family[1]. wakizashi ranks in the top 5% of weapon_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (881 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • wakizashi's image is recorded as Wakizashi and koshirae.jpg[3].
  • wakizashi's instance of is recorded as weapon family[4].
  • wakizashi's subclass of is recorded as Japanese sword[5].
  • wakizashi's part of is recorded as daishō[6].
  • wakizashi's Commons category is recorded as Wakizashi[7].
  • wakizashi's country of origin is recorded as Japan[8].
  • wakizashi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/085z4[9].
  • wakizashi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '脇差'}[10].
  • wakizashi's Golden ID is recorded as Wakizashi-8AEW4[11].
  • wakizashi's KBpedia ID is recorded as Wakazashi[12].
  • wakizashi's TOPCMB ID is recorded as wakishashi[13].
  • wakizashi's AniDB tag ID is recorded as 1872[14].
  • wakizashi's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/0B0D7476-D83D-45C0-8E9E-E980B7A0DF64[15].
  • wakizashi's Miraheze article ID is recorded as shinto:Wakizashi[16].

Body

Geography

wakizashi's part of is recorded as daishō[6].

Designation and Status

wakizashi's instance of is recorded as weapon family[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for wakizashi include Tankendō[17], a type of sport[18], in Japan[19].

Why It Matters

wakizashi ranks in the top 5% of weapon_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (881 views/month).[2] wakizashi has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] wakizashi is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for wakizashi include Tankendō[17], a type of sport[18], in Japan[19].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . anidb.net. Retrieved . anidb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . 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. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). wakizashi. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wakizashi
MLA “wakizashi.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wakizashi.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wakizashi_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{wakizashi}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wakizashi}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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