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nisei

second generation of Japanese immigrants
Class type of: Japanese diaspora, second-generation immigrant Q15215155

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
ethnic group, social status, generation[4][5]
Follows
Issei[6]
Followed by
sansei[7]
Subclass of
Japanese diaspora, second-generation immigrant
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[9]
Significant event
Nisei Week[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en nisei fa نیسی fr Nissei ja 二世 ko 니세이 ru Нисэй zh 二世日裔 zh 日本人第二代 zh 第二代日裔 zh 第二代日裔美国人 zh 遺華日僑二代 zh-hant 第二代日裔美國人
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/04n7g3q
Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms ID
dg2016060209
Sage Social Science Thesaurus ID
nisei
Topic's main category
Category:Nisei

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
ethnic group, generation, social status
Followed by 1
sansei
Followed by (predecessor) 1
sansei
Follows 1
Issei
Named after 1
Nisei
Preceded by (successor) 1
Issei
Significant event 1
Nisei Week
Subclass of 1
Japanese diaspora
← Commemorates 1
Nisei Week
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Summary

nisei is an ethnic group[1]. nisei is a type of Japanese diaspora[2] and second-generation immigrant[3].

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Influence

Things named for nisei include Nisei[10], a television series episode[11], directed by David Nutter[12].

Why It Matters

Entities named for nisei include Nisei[10], a television series episode[11], directed by David Nutter[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Issei
    Followed by → sansei
    Significant event → Nisei Week
    Topic's main category → Category:Nisei
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36807: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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