Katsura Kogorō
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Katsura Kogorō, better known as Kido Takayoshi, was a key samurai leader of the Chōshū domain and one of the principal architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Katsura Kogorō canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3365953 — 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: Katsura Kogorō Context triple: [Kido Takayoshi, alsoKnownAs, Katsura Kogorō]
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A.
Takahira Kogorō
Takahira Kogorō was a prominent Japanese diplomat of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who played key roles in negotiating major international agreements, including those ending the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Tatsuno Kingo
Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent Japanese architect of the Meiji era, best known for pioneering Western-style brick architecture in Japan and designing landmark buildings such as Tokyo Station.
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D.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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E.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
- 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: Katsura Kogorō Target entity description: Katsura Kogorō, better known as Kido Takayoshi, was a key samurai leader of the Chōshū domain and one of the principal architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.
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A.
Takahira Kogorō
Takahira Kogorō was a prominent Japanese diplomat of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who played key roles in negotiating major international agreements, including those ending the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Tatsuno Kingo
Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent Japanese architect of the Meiji era, best known for pioneering Western-style brick architecture in Japan and designing landmark buildings such as Tokyo Station.
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D.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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E.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
ⓘ
Meiji Restoration leader ⓘ daimyō retainer ⓘ samurai ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kido Kōin
ⓘ
Kido Takayoshi ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1833-08-11 ⓘ |
| birthName | Katsura Kogorō ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hagi, Chōshū Domain
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linked to:
Hagi
Nagato Province ⓘ present-day Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Kyoto, Japan
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linked to:
Kyoto
|
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| clan |
Chōshū clan
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linked to:
Chōshū Domain
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1877-05-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Tokyo, Japan
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linked to:
Tokyo
|
| domainServed | Chōshū Domain ⓘ |
| era |
early Meiji period
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late Edo period ⓘ
linked to:
Edo period
|
| familyName |
Katsura
ⓘ
Kido ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Takayoshi ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Kōin ⓘ |
| ideology | loyalism to the Emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| movement |
Meiji Restoration
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sonnō jōi movement ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key leader of the Chōshū domain
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being one of the principal architects of the Meiji Restoration ⓘ forming the Satsuma–Chōshū alliance ⓘ helping to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
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samurai ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| playedRole |
mediator between Satsuma and Chōshū domains
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political strategist of the Meiji Restoration ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Genrō (elder statesman)
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linked to:
genrō (elder statesman)
government minister of the early Meiji period ⓘ member of the Meiji government ⓘ |
| religion | Confucian-influenced Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Itō Hirobumi
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Saigō Takamori ⓘ Yamagata Aritomo ⓘ Ōkubo Toshimichi ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Katsura Kogorō Description of subject: Katsura Kogorō, better known as Kido Takayoshi, was a key samurai leader of the Chōshū domain and one of the principal architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.
Referenced by (2)
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