Yodo-dono
E210304
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yodo-dono canonical | 23 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1371342 — 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: Yodo-dono Context triple: [Toyotomi Hideyoshi, spouse, Yodo-dono]
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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.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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C.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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D.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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E.
Masayuki
Masayuki is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
- 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: Yodo-dono Target entity description: 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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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.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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C.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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D.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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E.
Masayuki
Masayuki is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese noblewoman
ⓘ
Sengoku-period person ⓘ daimyo wife ⓘ historical figure ⓘ political figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chacha
ⓘ
Yodogimi ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Yodo (Kyoto region) ⓘ |
| child |
Toyotomi Hideyori
ⓘ
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu ⓘ |
| conflict |
Toyotomi–Tokugawa rivalry
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Sekigahara
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Osaka Castle ⓘ |
| diedIn | Siege of Osaka ⓘ |
| era |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
ⓘ
Sengoku period ⓘ early Edo period ⓘ |
| father | Azai Nagamasa ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Japanese historical dramas
ⓘ
Japanese literature ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | influential but controversial political figure ⓘ |
| house | Azai clan ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| marriedInto | Toyotomi clan ⓘ |
| mother | Oichi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s consort
ⓘ
being mother of Toyotomi Hideyori ⓘ political influence in Osaka Castle ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Siege of Osaka ⓘ |
| politicalRole | de facto leader of Toyotomi household after Hideyoshi’s death ⓘ |
| relative | Oda Nobunaga ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism (historical context, commonly) ⓘ |
| residence | Osaka Castle ⓘ |
| roleInSuccession | protector of Toyotomi Hideyori’s inheritance ⓘ |
| sibling |
Oeyo
ⓘ
Ohatsu ⓘ |
| spouse | Toyotomi Hideyoshi ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical studies on late Sengoku politics ⓘ |
| supported | Toyotomi clan ⓘ |
| title | dono honorific ⓘ |
| uncle | Oda Nobunaga ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Yodo-dono Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.