Yamabe no Akahito
E206266
Yamabe no Akahito was an early Nara-period Japanese court poet renowned for his elegant nature and landscape waka, many of which are preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yamabe no Akahito canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1784533 — 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: Yamabe no Akahito Context triple: [Man'yōshū, notablePoet, Yamabe no Akahito]
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A.
Ō no Yasumaro
Ō no Yasumaro was an early 8th-century Japanese noble and scholar best known for compiling the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles of myths, legends, and early history.
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B.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a prominent late 7th–early 8th century Japanese court poet revered as one of the greatest contributors to early Japanese literature and a central figure in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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C.
Nakae Chōmin
Nakae Chōmin was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political thinker, journalist, and translator who helped introduce Western liberal ideas to Japan and became a leading advocate for democracy and civil rights.
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D.
Sugawara no Michizane
Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned Heian-period scholar, poet, and statesman who was later deified in Japan as Tenjin, the patron kami of learning and scholarship.
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E.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
- 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: Yamabe no Akahito Target entity description: Yamabe no Akahito was an early Nara-period Japanese court poet renowned for his elegant nature and landscape waka, many of which are preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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A.
Ō no Yasumaro
Ō no Yasumaro was an early 8th-century Japanese noble and scholar best known for compiling the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles of myths, legends, and early history.
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B.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a prominent late 7th–early 8th century Japanese court poet revered as one of the greatest contributors to early Japanese literature and a central figure in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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C.
Nakae Chōmin
Nakae Chōmin was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political thinker, journalist, and translator who helped introduce Western liberal ideas to Japan and became a leading advocate for democracy and civil rights.
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D.
Sugawara no Michizane
Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned Heian-period scholar, poet, and statesman who was later deified in Japan as Tenjin, the patron kami of learning and scholarship.
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E.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese poet
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Nara-period poet ⓘ court poet ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Imperial court of Japan
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linked to:
Imperial court of Japan (historically)
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| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical Japanese literature
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poetry ⓘ |
| floruit | early Nara period ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape poetry
ⓘ
nature poetry ⓘ waka poetry ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
chōka
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tanka ⓘ |
| influenced |
Heian-period poets
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later Japanese court poetry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elegant nature waka
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landscape waka ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Nara period ⓘ |
| movement | Nara-period literature ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork | poems in the Man'yōshū ⓘ |
| occupation | poet ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Japanese literature ⓘ |
| positionHeld | court poet of the Nara court ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Japanese literary scholarship ⓘ |
| workPreservedIn | Man'yōshū ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Man'yōgana ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yamabe no Akahito Description of subject: Yamabe no Akahito was an early Nara-period Japanese court poet renowned for his elegant nature and landscape waka, many of which are preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
Referenced by (3)
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