Man'yōshū

the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after 759 AD during the Nara period.
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Man'yōshū

Summary

Man'yōshū is a literary work[1]. Man'yōshū ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Man'yōshū's image is recorded as Genryaku Manyosyu.JPG[3].
  • Man'yōshū's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Man'yōshū's instance of is recorded as wakashū[5].
  • Man'yōshū's instance of is recorded as ancient literature[6].
  • Man'yōshū's editor is recorded as Ōtomo no Yakamochi[7].
  • Man'yōshū's genre is recorded as waka[8].
  • Man'yōshū's genre is recorded as Japanese poetry[9].
  • myriad is named after Man'yōshū[10].
  • leaf is named after Man'yōshū[11].
  • Man'yōshū's based on is recorded as Kakinomoto no Ason Hitomaro Kashū[12].
  • Man'yōshū's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 175382454[13].
  • Man'yōshū's GND ID is recorded as 4241947-5[14].
  • Man'yōshū's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79022242[15].
  • Man'yōshū's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12011592r[16].
  • Man'yōshū's IdRef ID is recorded as 028239385[17].
  • Man'yōshū's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters[18].
  • Man'yōshū's writing system is recorded as man'yōgana[19].
  • Man'yōshū's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00647131[20].
  • Man'yōshū's Commons category is recorded as Man'yō Shū[21].
  • Man'yōshū's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[22].
  • Man'yōshū's language of work or name is recorded as Old Japanese[23].
  • +0759-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Man'yōshū[24].
  • Man'yōshū's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/055hw[25].
  • Man'yōshū's has edition or translation is recorded as Katsura-bon[26].
  • Man'yōshū's has edition or translation is recorded as Ranshi-bon[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Man'yōshū include man'yōgana[28], a natural writing system[29], in Japan[30]; Man'yō Line[31], a tram system[32], in Japan[33], founded in 2001[34]; Man'yō Botanical Garden (Nara)[35], a Man'yō botanical garden[36], in Japan[37]; and 7104 Manyousyu[38], an asteroid[39].

Why It Matters

Man'yōshū ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2] Man'yōshū has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Man'yōshū is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Man'yōshū include man'yōgana[28], a natural writing system[29], in Japan[30]; Man'yō Line[31], a tram system[32], in Japan[33], founded in 2001[34]; Man'yō Botanical Garden (Nara)[35], a Man'yō botanical garden[36], in Japan[37]; and 7104 Manyousyu[38], an asteroid[39].

References

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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.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . 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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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