{"type":"standard","title":"Biwa hōshi","displaytitle":"Biwa hōshi","namespace":{"id":0,"text":""},"wikibase_item":"Q4386521","titles":{"canonical":"Biwa_hōshi","normalized":"Biwa hōshi","display":"Biwa hōshi"},"pageid":631056,"thumbnail":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Biwa-Hoshi-71-Shokunin-Uta-Awase-Picture-Scroll.png/330px-Biwa-Hoshi-71-Shokunin-Uta-Awase-Picture-Scroll.png","width":320,"height":234},"originalimage":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Biwa-Hoshi-71-Shokunin-Uta-Awase-Picture-Scroll.png","width":2047,"height":1498},"lang":"en","dir":"ltr","revision":"1288781405","tid":"a1439e43-2918-11f0-b89c-e2e78b9d6239","timestamp":"2025-05-04T18:50:21Z","description":"Traveling performers in medieval Japan","description_source":"local","content_urls":{"desktop":{"page":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi","revisions":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi?action=history","edit":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi?action=edit","talk":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi"},"mobile":{"page":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi","revisions":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi","edit":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi?action=edit","talk":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Biwa_h%C5%8Dshi"}},"extract":"Biwa hōshi (琵琶法師), also known as \"lute priests\", were travelling performers in the era of Japanese history preceding the Meiji period. They earned their income by reciting vocal literature to the accompaniment of biwa music. Biwa hōshi were mostly blind, and adopted the shaved heads and robes common to Buddhist monks. The occupation likely had its origin in China and India, where blind Buddhist lay-priest performers were once common.","extract_html":"
Biwa hōshi (琵琶法師), also known as \"lute priests\", were travelling performers in the era of Japanese history preceding the Meiji period. They earned their income by reciting vocal literature to the accompaniment of biwa music. Biwa hōshi were mostly blind, and adopted the shaved heads and robes common to Buddhist monks. The occupation likely had its origin in China and India, where blind Buddhist lay-priest performers were once common.
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