Konosuke Matsushita
E409728
Konosuke Matsushita was a Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur who founded Panasonic and built it into one of the world’s leading electronics companies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Konosuke Matsushita canonical | 7 |
| Matsushita Konosuke | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4051511 — 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: Konosuke Matsushita Context triple: [Panasonic, foundedBy, Konosuke Matsushita]
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A.
Akio Morita
Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony who played a key role in transforming it into a global electronics and entertainment giant.
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B.
Kazuo Inamori
Kazuo Inamori was a Japanese entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Buddhist-influenced business leader best known for founding Kyocera and KDDI and for his influential management and ethical philosophy.
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C.
Soemu Toyoda
Soemu Toyoda was a high-ranking admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the later stages of World War II.
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D.
Kiichiro Toyoda
Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist who transformed his family’s loom business into what became the Toyota automotive empire and pioneered Japan’s modern automobile industry.
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E.
Robert Komatsu
Robert Komatsu is a film and television editor known for his work on projects such as the 2013 biographical drama "Jobs."
- 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: Konosuke Matsushita Target entity description: Konosuke Matsushita was a Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur who founded Panasonic and built it into one of the world’s leading electronics companies.
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A.
Akio Morita
Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony who played a key role in transforming it into a global electronics and entertainment giant.
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B.
Kazuo Inamori
Kazuo Inamori was a Japanese entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Buddhist-influenced business leader best known for founding Kyocera and KDDI and for his influential management and ethical philosophy.
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C.
Soemu Toyoda
Soemu Toyoda was a high-ranking admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the later stages of World War II.
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D.
Kiichiro Toyoda
Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist who transformed his family’s loom business into what became the Toyota automotive empire and pioneered Japan’s modern automobile industry.
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E.
Robert Komatsu
Robert Komatsu is a film and television editor known for his work on projects such as the 2013 biographical drama "Jobs."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ industrialist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
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Order of the Paulownia Flowers ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Osaka ⓘ |
| businessPhilosophy |
contributing to society through business
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putting people before products and profits ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-11-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-04-27 ⓘ |
| employer |
Panasonic Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
|
| familyName | Matsushita ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
consumer electronics industry
ⓘ
electrical engineering industry ⓘ |
| foundedCompanyOriginalName |
Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works
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linked to:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
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| foundedInYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
ⓘ
linked to:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Panasonic ⓘ Panasonic Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Panasonic
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Konosuke ⓘ |
| hasAlias | God of Management ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
Matsushita Leadership
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Not for Bread Alone ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese postwar management practices
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global consumer electronics industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Panasonic
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management philosophy emphasizing social responsibility ⓘ pioneering mass-market consumer electronics in Japan ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Konosuke Matsushita ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 松下 幸之助 ⓘ |
| notableIdea | “company as a public entity of society” concept ⓘ |
| notableWork | building Panasonic into a leading global electronics company ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ industrialist ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
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Wakayama Prefecture ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Japan
ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | Osaka ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Konosuke Matsushita Description of subject: Konosuke Matsushita was a Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur who founded Panasonic and built it into one of the world’s leading electronics companies.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.