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Sake (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's topic entry on sake, covering the transmission of rice fermentation from China and the scholarly placement of true sake's origin in the Nara period.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
Sources
Sake (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
Sake, saké (Japanese: 酒, Hepburn: sake; English: IPA: SAH-kee, SAK-ay), or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine (specified as 日本酒 "nihonshu" in Japanese, as 酒 can refer to all alcohol), is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
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Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Food Traditions, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Drinks, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.

Well-attested

9

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Food Traditions

Holds

1

Drinks

General References

4

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