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yōkan

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yōkan

Summary

yōkan ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (289 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • yōkan is made of agar[2].
  • yōkan is a type of wagashi[3].
  • yōkan is a type of saogashi[4].
  • yōkan's Commons category is recorded as Yōkan[5].
  • yōkan's country of origin is recorded as Japan[6].
  • yōkan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yōkan[7].
  • yōkan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '羊羹'}[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include wagashi[3] and saogashi[4].

Why It Matters

yōkan ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (289 views/month).[1] yōkan has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] yōkan is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Tullydqn · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → wagashi, saogashi
    Made from material → agar
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: 羊羹"
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