rakugo

traditional form of Japanese verbal entertainment
Intangible literary_genre Q877342
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rakugo

Summary

rakugo is a literary genre[1]. rakugo ranks in the top 5% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,844 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • rakugo's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • rakugo's instance of is recorded as theatrical genre[4].
  • rakugo's instance of is recorded as audio content genre[5].
  • rakugo took place at yose[6].
  • rakugo is a type of narration[7].
  • rakugo is a type of engei[8].
  • rakugo is a type of theatre of Japan[9].
  • rakugo is a type of spoken word recording[10].
  • rakugo's Commons category is recorded as Rakugo[11].
  • rakugo's country of origin is recorded as Japan[12].
  • rakugo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rakugo[13].
  • rakugo's practiced by is recorded as rakugoka[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre[3], theatrical genre[4], and audio content genre[5]. Recorded subclass of include narration[7], engei[8], theatre of Japan[9], and spoken word recording[10].

Why It Matters

rakugo ranks in the top 5% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,844 views/month).[2] rakugo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] rakugo is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin
    Instance of literary genre, theatrical genre, audio content genre
    Subclass of
    Practiced by rakugoka
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563126305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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