Kenzaburō Ōe
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Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for his profound, politically engaged works exploring postwar Japanese society and personal trauma.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kenzaburō Ōe canonical | 41 |
| 大江健三郎 | 4 |
| Kenzaburo Oe | 3 |
| Oe Kenzaburo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T262315 — 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: Kenzaburō Ōe Context triple: [University of Tokyo, hasNotableAlumni, Kenzaburō Ōe]
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A.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Yoshijiro Umezu
Yoshijiro Umezu was a Japanese general who served as the final Chief of the Army General Staff during World War II and played a key role in Japan’s surrender.
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C.
Hata Shunroku
Hata Shunroku was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a major leadership role in Japan’s military campaigns during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, later convicted as a war criminal.
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D.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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E.
Sayako Kuroda
Sayako Kuroda, formerly Princess Sayako of Japan, is the only daughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko who left the imperial family upon her marriage to a commoner.
- 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: Kenzaburō Ōe Target entity description: Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for his profound, politically engaged works exploring postwar Japanese society and personal trauma.
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A.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Yoshijiro Umezu
Yoshijiro Umezu was a Japanese general who served as the final Chief of the Army General Staff during World War II and played a key role in Japan’s surrender.
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C.
Hata Shunroku
Hata Shunroku was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a major leadership role in Japan’s military campaigns during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, later convicted as a war criminal.
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D.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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E.
Sayako Kuroda
Sayako Kuroda, formerly Princess Sayako of Japan, is the only daughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko who left the imperial family upon her marriage to a commoner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese writer
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Nobel laureate in Literature ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Akutagawa Prize
ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ Noma Literary Prize ⓘ Order of Culture (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Culture
Tanizaki Prize ⓘ Yomiuri Prize for Literature ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1935-01-31 ⓘ |
| child | Hikari Ōe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2023-03-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | French literature ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
François Rabelais
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Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for Japan’s postwar pacifist constitution
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criticism of Japanese nationalism ⓘ depicting personal and familial trauma ⓘ exploring postwar Japanese society ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| name | Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
大江健三郎
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenzaburō Ōe
|
| NobelPrizeCategory | Literature ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for creating an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Personal Matter
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Hiroshima Notes ⓘ Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids ⓘ Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness ⓘ The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away ⓘ The Silent Cry ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Shikoku, Japan
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linked to:
Shikoku
Ōse village, Ehime Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
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linked to:
Tokyo
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| politicalView |
left-wing
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pacifist ⓘ |
| spouse | Yukari Itami ⓘ |
| theme |
disability and family
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guilt and responsibility ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ rural Shikoku life ⓘ |
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Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kenzaburō Ōe
linked to: Kenzaburō Ōe
linked to: Kenzaburō Ōe
subject linked to:
Ōse village, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
subject linked to:
Ōse village, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Kenzaburō Ōe
subject linked to:
Ōe
subject linked to:
French publisher Albin Michel