Kobayashi Issa
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Kobayashi Issa was a prominent Japanese haiku poet of the Edo period, known for his compassionate, often humorous depictions of everyday life and the suffering of common people.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kobayashi Issa canonical | 4 |
| Kobayashi Issa Nobuyuki | 1 |
| 小林 一茶 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4105768 — 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: Kobayashi Issa Context triple: [Matsuo Bashō, influenced, Kobayashi Issa]
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A.
Yosa Buson
Yosa Buson was an Edo-period Japanese haiku master and painter renowned for blending Bashō’s poetic tradition with his own richly visual, lyrical style.
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B.
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō was a renowned Japanese poet celebrated as the master of haiku and a central figure in early modern Japanese literature.
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C.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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D.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a prominent late 7th–early 8th century Japanese court poet revered as one of the greatest contributors to early Japanese literature and a central figure in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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E.
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.
- 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: Kobayashi Issa Target entity description: Kobayashi Issa was a prominent Japanese haiku poet of the Edo period, known for his compassionate, often humorous depictions of everyday life and the suffering of common people.
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A.
Yosa Buson
Yosa Buson was an Edo-period Japanese haiku master and painter renowned for blending Bashō’s poetic tradition with his own richly visual, lyrical style.
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B.
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō was a renowned Japanese poet celebrated as the master of haiku and a central figure in early modern Japanese literature.
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C.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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D.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a prominent late 7th–early 8th century Japanese court poet revered as one of the greatest contributors to early Japanese literature and a central figure in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kobayashi Issa Description of subject: Kobayashi Issa was a prominent Japanese haiku poet of the Edo period, known for his compassionate, often humorous depictions of everyday life and the suffering of common people.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kobayashi Issa
linked to: Kobayashi Issa