Yamanoue no Okura

E206267

Japanese poet Nara-period poet human poet statesman

Yamanoue no Okura was an early Nara-period Japanese poet and statesman known for his socially conscious and humanistic poems preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.

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Label	Occurrences
Yamanoue no Okura canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1784536 — 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.

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Target entity: Yamanoue no Okura
Context triple: [Man'yōshū, notablePoet, Yamanoue no Okura]

A. Ki no Tsurayuki
Ki no Tsurayuki was a prominent Japanese court poet, critic, and diarist of the early Heian period, best known as the principal compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and author of the Tosa Diary.
B. Ōtomo no Tabito
Ōtomo no Tabito was an early Nara-period Japanese courtier and poet best known for his refined Chinese-style verse and influential role in the development of classical Japanese poetry.
C. Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.
D. Kokin Wakashū
Kokin Wakashū is an early 10th-century imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry that became a foundational model for classical Japanese literature and poetic aesthetics.
E. Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Ōtomo no Yakamochi was an 8th-century Japanese court noble and one of the most prominent poets of the Nara period, traditionally regarded as a principal compiler of the Man'yōshū anthology.
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: Yamanoue no Okura
Target entity description: Yamanoue no Okura was an early Nara-period Japanese poet and statesman known for his socially conscious and humanistic poems preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.

A. Ki no Tsurayuki
Ki no Tsurayuki was a prominent Japanese court poet, critic, and diarist of the early Heian period, best known as the principal compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and author of the Tosa Diary.
B. Ōtomo no Tabito
Ōtomo no Tabito was an early Nara-period Japanese courtier and poet best known for his refined Chinese-style verse and influential role in the development of classical Japanese poetry.
C. Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.
D. Kokin Wakashū
Kokin Wakashū is an early 10th-century imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry that became a foundational model for classical Japanese literature and poetic aesthetics.
E. Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Ōtomo no Yakamochi was an 8th-century Japanese court noble and one of the most prominent poets of the Nara period, traditionally regarded as a principal compiler of the Man'yōshū anthology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese poet ⓘ Nara-period poet ⓘ human ⓘ poet ⓘ statesman ⓘ
activeInCentury	8th century ⓘ
canonizedIn	Man'yōshū anthology ⓘ linked to: Man'yōshū
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
culture	Japanese ⓘ
era	early Nara period ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	banka (elegies) ⓘ chōka ⓘ waka ⓘ
hasTheme	compassion for common people ⓘ grief and mourning ⓘ impermanence of life ⓘ parental love ⓘ poverty ⓘ social inequality ⓘ
influencedBy	Buddhist thought ⓘ Chinese literature ⓘ Confucian ethics ⓘ linked to: Confucianism
knownFor	concern for the poor and suffering ⓘ humanistic themes ⓘ socially conscious poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Chinese ⓘ Classical Japanese ⓘ
literaryForm	poetry ⓘ
movement	Man'yōshū poets ⓘ
notableWork	poems in the Man'yōshū ⓘ “Dialogue on Poverty” ⓘ “Elegy on the Death of a Child” ⓘ “Lament for the Deceased Wife” ⓘ
occupation	government official ⓘ poet ⓘ statesman ⓘ
partOf	early Japanese literary canon ⓘ
period	Nara period ⓘ
positionHeld	court official in the Nara court ⓘ provincial administrator ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
style	didactic ⓘ moralistic ⓘ realistic depiction of ordinary life ⓘ
workPreservedIn	Man'yōshū ⓘ