Wakayama Domain
E1566128
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Wakayama Domain was a powerful feudal han in Japan’s Kii Province, long governed by a branch of the Tokugawa family and serving as an important stronghold during the Edo period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wakayama Domain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22966289 — 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: Wakayama Domain Context triple: [Tokugawa Yorinobu, domain, Wakayama Domain]
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A.
Kaga Domain
Kaga Domain was a powerful and wealthy feudal domain of Japan’s Edo period, ruled by the Maeda clan and centered in present-day Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures.
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B.
Akō Domain
Akō Domain was a feudal han in Edo-period Japan, best known as the home domain of the Forty-seven Rōnin whose famous vendetta became a legendary tale of loyalty and revenge.
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C.
Okayama Domain
Okayama Domain was a feudal han in western Japan during the Edo period, centered on Okayama Castle and ruled primarily by the Ikeda clan.
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D.
Yonezawa Domain
Yonezawa Domain was a feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, centered in modern Yamagata Prefecture and historically governed by the prominent Uesugi clan.
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E.
Shōnai Domain
Shōnai Domain was a powerful feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, located in present-day Yamagata Prefecture and ruled by the Sakai clan, noted for its staunch support of the Tokugawa shogunate during the late 19th century.
- 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: Wakayama Domain Target entity description: Wakayama Domain was a powerful feudal han in Japan’s Kii Province, long governed by a branch of the Tokugawa family and serving as an important stronghold during the Edo period.
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A.
Kaga Domain
Kaga Domain was a powerful and wealthy feudal domain of Japan’s Edo period, ruled by the Maeda clan and centered in present-day Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures.
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B.
Akō Domain
Akō Domain was a feudal han in Edo-period Japan, best known as the home domain of the Forty-seven Rōnin whose famous vendetta became a legendary tale of loyalty and revenge.
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C.
Okayama Domain
Okayama Domain was a feudal han in western Japan during the Edo period, centered on Okayama Castle and ruled primarily by the Ikeda clan.
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D.
Yonezawa Domain
Yonezawa Domain was a feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, centered in modern Yamagata Prefecture and historically governed by the prominent Uesugi clan.
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E.
Shōnai Domain
Shōnai Domain was a powerful feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, located in present-day Yamagata Prefecture and ruled by the Sakai clan, noted for its staunch support of the Tokugawa shogunate during the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.