Sarashina Kikō
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Sarashina Kikō is a classical Japanese travel diary, traditionally attributed to the poet Matsuo Bashō, that records a poetic journey through the Sarashina region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sarashina Kikō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4105766 — 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: Sarashina Kikō Context triple: [Matsuo Bashō, notableWork, Sarashina Kikō]
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A.
Yamabe no Akahito
Yamabe no Akahito was an early Nara-period Japanese court poet renowned for his elegant nature and landscape waka, many of which are preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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B.
Ō no Yasumaro
Ō no Yasumaro was an early 8th-century Japanese noble and scholar best known for compiling the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles of myths, legends, and early history.
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C.
Shijo Ohashi
Shijo Ohashi is a major bridge in central Kyoto, Japan, serving as a key crossing and landmark near the bustling Shijo district.
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D.
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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E.
Hara Sankei
Hara Sankei was a Japanese businessman and art patron best known for creating and developing the historic Sankeien Garden in Yokohama.
- 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: Sarashina Kikō Target entity description: Sarashina Kikō is a classical Japanese travel diary, traditionally attributed to the poet Matsuo Bashō, that records a poetic journey through the Sarashina region.
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A.
Yamabe no Akahito
Yamabe no Akahito was an early Nara-period Japanese court poet renowned for his elegant nature and landscape waka, many of which are preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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B.
Ō no Yasumaro
Ō no Yasumaro was an early 8th-century Japanese noble and scholar best known for compiling the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest extant chronicles of myths, legends, and early history.
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C.
Shijo Ohashi
Shijo Ohashi is a major bridge in central Kyoto, Japan, serving as a key crossing and landmark near the bustling Shijo district.
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D.
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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E.
Hara Sankei
Hara Sankei was a Japanese businessman and art patron best known for creating and developing the historic Sankeien Garden in Yokohama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese literary work
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classical Japanese prose ⓘ nikki bungaku ⓘ travel diary ⓘ |
| author | Sugawara no Takasue no Musume ⓘ |
| contains | waka poetry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| genre |
diary literature
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travel literature ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
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The Sarashina Diary ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
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other modern languages ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Japanese autobiographical writing
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modern scholarship on Heian women’s literature ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryForm | autobiographical diary ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Heian period ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Heian women’s diaries ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sugawara no Takasue no Musume ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of diary and travelogue elements
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depiction of a Heian court woman’s life ⓘ introspective narrative voice ⓘ |
| notWrittenBy | Matsuo Bashō ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Japanese diary literature canon ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Izumi Shikibu Nikki
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Kagerō Nikki ⓘ Murasaki Shikibu Nikki ⓘ
linked to:
Murasaki Shikibu Diary
|
| setting |
Eastern provinces of Japan
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Heian Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Heian period
Kyoto ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Japanese literature curricula ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
personal reflection
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pilgrimage ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| theme |
Buddhist piety
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female subjectivity ⓘ impermanence ⓘ longing for the capital ⓘ reading and literature ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 11th century ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | Sarashina region ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Sugawara no Takasue no Musume ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarashina Kikō Description of subject: Sarashina Kikō is a classical Japanese travel diary, traditionally attributed to the poet Matsuo Bashō, that records a poetic journey through the Sarashina region.
Referenced by (1)
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