Seken Munesanyō
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Seken Munesanyō is a late 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-zōshi story collection by Ihara Saikaku that vividly portrays the lives and moral complexities of common townspeople in the early Edo period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seken Munesanyō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4138557 — 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: Seken Munesanyō Context triple: [Ihara Saikaku, notableWork, Seken Munesanyō]
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A.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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B.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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C.
Munukutuba
Munukutuba is a widely used Bantu lingua franca of the Republic of the Congo and surrounding regions, serving as a major language of trade and interethnic communication.
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D.
Shinshukyo
Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
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E.
Gonnohyōe
Gonnohyōe is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, a prominent naval officer and politician of the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- 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: Seken Munesanyō Target entity description: Seken Munesanyō is a late 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-zōshi story collection by Ihara Saikaku that vividly portrays the lives and moral complexities of common townspeople in the early Edo period.
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A.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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B.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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C.
Munukutuba
Munukutuba is a widely used Bantu lingua franca of the Republic of the Congo and surrounding regions, serving as a major language of trade and interethnic communication.
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D.
Shinshukyo
Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
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E.
Gonnohyōe
Gonnohyōe is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, a prominent naval officer and politician of the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edo-period literary work
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Japanese story collection ⓘ ukiyo-zōshi ⓘ |
| approximateDate | late 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Osaka literary culture ⓘ |
| author | Ihara Saikaku ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Genroku-era urban society ⓘ |
| depicts |
lives of common townspeople
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merchant-class life ⓘ moral complexities of everyday life ⓘ |
| genre |
realist fiction
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short story collection ⓘ ukiyo-zōshi ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Ihara Saikaku ⓘ |
| influencedBy | urban culture of Edo-period Japan ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | ukiyo-zōshi ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
didactic narrative
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realistic portrayal of commoners ⓘ |
| medium | woodblock-printed book ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | townspeople rather than samurai or aristocracy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ihara Saikaku’s ukiyo-zōshi corpus
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linked to:
Edo literature
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| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early Edo period ⓘ |
| targetAudience | urban commoners ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between duty and emotion
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consequences of desire and greed ⓘ morality in everyday commerce ⓘ social norms of townspeople ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Seken Munesanyō Description of subject: Seken Munesanyō is a late 17th-century Japanese ukiyo-zōshi story collection by Ihara Saikaku that vividly portrays the lives and moral complexities of common townspeople in the early Edo period.
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