Urashima Tarō
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Urashima Tarō is a famous Japanese folktale about a fisherman who visits an undersea palace and returns to find that centuries have passed in the human world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Urashima Tarō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20515157 — 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: Urashima Tarō Context triple: [Ryūjin, featureIn, Urashima Tarō]
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A.
Kotoshironushi
Kotoshironushi is a Shinto deity associated with good fortune, fishing, and commerce, often identified with the god Ebisu.
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B.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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C.
Kinkei-san
Kinkei-san is one of the notable peaks of Japan’s rugged Mount Myogi, known for its dramatic rock formations and popular hiking routes.
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D.
Yodo-dono
Yodo-dono was a prominent Japanese noblewoman and political figure of the late Sengoku period, best known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s consort and the mother of his heir, Toyotomi Hideyori.
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E.
Kinnosuke
Kinnosuke is the given name of the renowned Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki, a central figure in modern Japanese literature.
- 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: Urashima Tarō Target entity description: Urashima Tarō is a famous Japanese folktale about a fisherman who visits an undersea palace and returns to find that centuries have passed in the human world.
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A.
Kotoshironushi
Kotoshironushi is a Shinto deity associated with good fortune, fishing, and commerce, often identified with the god Ebisu.
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B.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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C.
Kinkei-san
Kinkei-san is one of the notable peaks of Japan’s rugged Mount Myogi, known for its dramatic rock formations and popular hiking routes.
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D.
Yodo-dono
Yodo-dono was a prominent Japanese noblewoman and political figure of the late Sengoku period, best known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s consort and the mother of his heir, Toyotomi Hideyori.
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E.
Kinnosuke
Kinnosuke is the given name of the renowned Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki, a central figure in modern Japanese literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.