Shimazu Yoshihiro
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Shimazu Yoshihiro was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese samurai and general of the Shimazu clan, renowned for his tactical skill and fierce leadership in battles such as the Battle of Sekigahara.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shimazu Yoshihiro canonical | 8 |
| Shimazu Iehisa | 1 |
| Shimazu Toshihisa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12336302 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shimazu Yoshihiro Context triple: [Shimazu Yoshihisa, brother, Shimazu Yoshihiro]
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A.
Shimazu Yoshihisa
Shimazu Yoshihisa was a powerful daimyo and head of the Shimazu clan who unified much of Kyushu during Japan’s Sengoku period.
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B.
Shimazu Takahisa
Shimazu Takahisa was a Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō of the Shimazu clan who helped lay the foundations for his family's dominance over Kyushu.
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C.
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Hosokawa Tadaoki was a Sengoku- and early Edo-period Japanese daimyō known for his military service under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi and for his deep involvement in the tea ceremony culture.
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D.
Tanaka Hidemitsu
Tanaka Hidemitsu was a Japanese novelist and essayist known for his introspective, often autobiographical works that explored postwar Japanese society and personal alienation.
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E.
Maeda Toshimasa
Maeda Toshimasa was a Japanese samurai lord of the Sengoku period best known as the progenitor of the powerful Maeda clan that later ruled the Kaga Domain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shimazu Yoshihiro Target entity description: Shimazu Yoshihiro was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese samurai and general of the Shimazu clan, renowned for his tactical skill and fierce leadership in battles such as the Battle of Sekigahara.
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A.
Shimazu Yoshihisa
Shimazu Yoshihisa was a powerful daimyo and head of the Shimazu clan who unified much of Kyushu during Japan’s Sengoku period.
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B.
Shimazu Takahisa
Shimazu Takahisa was a Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō of the Shimazu clan who helped lay the foundations for his family's dominance over Kyushu.
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C.
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Hosokawa Tadaoki was a Sengoku- and early Edo-period Japanese daimyō known for his military service under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi and for his deep involvement in the tea ceremony culture.
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D.
Tanaka Hidemitsu
Tanaka Hidemitsu was a Japanese novelist and essayist known for his introspective, often autobiographical works that explored postwar Japanese society and personal alienation.
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E.
Maeda Toshimasa
Maeda Toshimasa was a Japanese samurai lord of the Sengoku period best known as the progenitor of the powerful Maeda clan that later ruled the Kaga Domain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.