Enomoto Takeaki
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Enomoto Takeaki was a Japanese naval officer and statesman who led the Tokugawa navy during the Meiji Restoration and later served in high government posts under the new imperial regime.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Enomoto Takeaki canonical | 7 |
| Enomoto | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3754596 — 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: Enomoto Takeaki Context triple: [Boshin War, keyFigure, Enomoto Takeaki]
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A.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
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B.
Katō Tomosaburō
Katō Tomosaburō was a prominent early 20th-century Japanese naval officer and statesman who rose to become a leading admiral and later served as Prime Minister of Japan.
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C.
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Kuroda Kiyotaka was a Meiji-era Japanese statesman and former samurai who served as the second Prime Minister of Japan and played a key role in the early development of Hokkaido.
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D.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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E.
Chōsokabe Motochika
Chōsokabe Motochika was a prominent Sengoku-period daimyō who unified Shikoku under his rule before being subdued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
- 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: Enomoto Takeaki Target entity description: Enomoto Takeaki was a Japanese naval officer and statesman who led the Tokugawa navy during the Meiji Restoration and later served in high government posts under the new imperial regime.
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A.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
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B.
Katō Tomosaburō
Katō Tomosaburō was a prominent early 20th-century Japanese naval officer and statesman who rose to become a leading admiral and later served as Prime Minister of Japan.
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C.
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Kuroda Kiyotaka was a Meiji-era Japanese statesman and former samurai who served as the second Prime Minister of Japan and played a key role in the early development of Hokkaido.
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D.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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E.
Chōsokabe Motochika
Chōsokabe Motochika was a prominent Sengoku-period daimyō who unified Shikoku under his rule before being subdued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese admiral
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Japanese politician ⓘ Meiji-era statesman ⓘ human ⓘ samurai ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1836-10-05 ⓘ |
| commanded |
Tokugawa shogunate navy
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warship Kaiyō Maru ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1908-10-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Nagasaki Naval Training Center
ⓘ
Netherlands naval academy ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji period
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
late Edo period ⓘ
linked to:
Edo period
|
| familyName |
Enomoto
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linked to:
Enomoto Takeaki
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| founded | Republic of Ezo ⓘ |
| givenName | Takeaki ⓘ |
| led | Tokugawa naval forces in the Boshin War ⓘ |
| memberOf | kazoku ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Tokugawa Navy ⓘ
linked to:
Tokugawa shogunate navy
|
| militaryRank | admiral ⓘ |
| name | Enomoto Takeaki ⓘ |
| nativeName | 榎本 武揚 ⓘ |
| negotiatedWith | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | viscount ⓘ |
| notableFor |
later serving in high posts in the Meiji government
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leading Tokugawa navy during the Meiji Restoration ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Hakodate
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linked to:
Naval Battle of Hakodate
Boshin War ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edo
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Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Agriculture and Commerce Minister of Japan
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Minister of Communications of Japan ⓘ Minister of Education of Japan ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ President of the Republic of Ezo ⓘ Privy Councillor of Japan ⓘ Vice Minister of the Navy ⓘ ambassador of Japan to Qing China ⓘ ambassador of Japan to Russia ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| signed |
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
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linked to:
Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875
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| studiedIn | Netherlands ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| wasImprisonedBy |
Meiji government
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linked to:
Meiji oligarchy
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| wasPardonedBy |
Meiji Emperor
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linked to:
Emperor Meiji
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| workedOn | development of Hokkaido ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Enomoto Takeaki Description of subject: Enomoto Takeaki was a Japanese naval officer and statesman who led the Tokugawa navy during the Meiji Restoration and later served in high government posts under the new imperial regime.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Enomoto Takeaki