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yomihon

genre of Japanese moralistic fiction from the Edo period, influenced by Chinese vernacular novels, with plot elements taken from Chinese and Japanese history
Intangible literary_genre Q556900
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yomihon

Summary

yomihon is a literary genre[1]. yomihon draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #193 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • yomihon's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • yomihon is a type of gesaku[4].

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Definition and Type

yomihon's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. yomihon is a type of gesaku[4].

Why It Matters

yomihon draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #193 of 487).[2] yomihon has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). yomihon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/yomihon
MLA “yomihon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/yomihon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_yomihon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{yomihon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/yomihon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 18d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → gesaku
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) ([[Property:P14541]]) 2"
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