Kamitsumaki
E213831
Kamitsumaki is the first volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing on Shinto creation myths and the age of the gods.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kamitsumaki canonical | 4 |
| Nakatsumaki | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1334976 — 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: Kamitsumaki Context triple: [Kojiki, hasPart, Kamitsumaki]
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A.
Sendagaya
Sendagaya is a neighborhood in Tokyo known for its sports facilities, including the National Stadium, and its proximity to Shinjuku and Harajuku.
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B.
Okutama
Okutama is a mountainous town in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas at the headwaters of the Tama River.
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C.
Kibushi
Kibushi is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mayotte, where it serves as one of the island’s main regional languages.
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D.
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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E.
Kyotanabe
Kyotanabe is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential suburbs, educational institutions, and location within the Kansai region.
- 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: Kamitsumaki Target entity description: Kamitsumaki is the first volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing on Shinto creation myths and the age of the gods.
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A.
Sendagaya
Sendagaya is a neighborhood in Tokyo known for its sports facilities, including the National Stadium, and its proximity to Shinjuku and Harajuku.
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B.
Okutama
Okutama is a mountainous town in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas at the headwaters of the Tama River.
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C.
Kibushi
Kibushi is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mayotte, where it serves as one of the island’s main regional languages.
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D.
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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E.
Kyotanabe
Kyotanabe is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential suburbs, educational institutions, and location within the Kansai region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
section of Kojiki
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volume of a literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Amaterasu
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Izanagi ⓘ Izanami ⓘ Susanoo ⓘ |
| compiledUnder | Empress Genmei ⓘ |
| contains |
genealogies of early kami
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myths of Izanagi and Izanami ⓘ myths of Susanoo ⓘ myths of primordial deities ⓘ myths of the birth of Amaterasu ⓘ myths of the birth of the kami ⓘ myths of the creation of heaven and earth ⓘ myths of the creation of the Japanese islands ⓘ |
| cosmologicalTheme |
emergence of land from chaos
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separation of heaven and earth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | earliest extant written source for many Shinto myths ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation |
circa 712 CE
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early 8th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Shinto creation myths
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age of the gods ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasStructure | sequence of mythic episodes ⓘ |
| hasThreeVolumeStructureRole | first volume ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese classical literature
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later Shinto myth compilations ⓘ |
| language | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | chronicle ⓘ |
| partOf | Kojiki ⓘ |
| partOfWorkBy | Ō no Yasumaro ⓘ |
| politicalFunction | legitimization of imperial lineage through divine origins ⓘ |
| precedes |
Nakatsumaki
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Shimotsumaki ⓘ |
| preservedIn | various manuscript lineages of Kojiki ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | foundation narrative of Shinto cosmology ⓘ |
| religiousGenre | mythology ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Shinto ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Japanese literary scholarship
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Shinto theological studies ⓘ comparative mythology research ⓘ |
| titleInJapanese | 上巻 ⓘ |
| tradition | Japanese imperial court tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Japanese history of religion courses
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Shinto doctrinal interpretation ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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