Tokiwa Gozen
E481360
Tokiwa Gozen was a famed beauty and noblewoman of late Heian-period Japan, celebrated in legend for her courage and sacrifice during the Genpei War era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tokiwa Gozen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4627450 — 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: Tokiwa Gozen Context triple: [Minamoto no Yoshitsune, mother, Tokiwa Gozen]
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A.
Yura Gozen
Yura Gozen was a noblewoman of the late Heian period in Japan, best known as the mother of Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.
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B.
Ōyama Tokugorō
Ōyama Tokugorō was a Japanese figure known primarily as a member of the prominent Ōyama family, related to influential Meiji-era statesman and field marshal Ōyama Iwao.
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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.
Yamanashi Hanzō
Yamanashi Hanzō was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Korea during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
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.
- 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: Tokiwa Gozen Target entity description: Tokiwa Gozen was a famed beauty and noblewoman of late Heian-period Japan, celebrated in legend for her courage and sacrifice during the Genpei War era.
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A.
Yura Gozen
Yura Gozen was a noblewoman of the late Heian period in Japan, best known as the mother of Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.
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B.
Ōyama Tokugorō
Ōyama Tokugorō was a Japanese figure known primarily as a member of the prominent Ōyama family, related to influential Meiji-era statesman and field marshal Ōyama Iwao.
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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.
Yamanashi Hanzō
Yamanashi Hanzō was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Korea during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Heian-period person
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Japanese woman ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Heike Monogatari tradition
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linked to:
The Tale of the Heike
various medieval Japanese war tales ⓘ |
| associatedWithClan | Minamoto clan ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Minamoto clan ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Genpei War ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ |
| child |
Minamoto no Iemitsu
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Minamoto no Noriyori ⓘ Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| famousEpisode | pleading for the lives of her children before Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity | courtly life ⓘ |
| floruit | 12th century ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| iconography | often depicted carrying or accompanied by children in snow scenes ⓘ |
| influenced | later Noh and kabuki portrayals of Yoshitsune’s origins ⓘ |
| knownFor |
beauty
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courage ⓘ maternal devotion ⓘ role in tales surrounding the Genpei War era ⓘ sacrifice to save her children ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | heroine in Japanese war tales ⓘ |
| partnerOf | Minamoto no Yoshitomo ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
exemplary devoted mother in Japanese legend
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ideal of feminine beauty in medieval Japanese literature ⓘ |
| region |
Kyoto (Heian-kyō)
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linked to:
Kyoto
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| spouse | Minamoto no Yoshitomo ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
late Heian period
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linked to:
Heian period
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tokiwa Gozen Description of subject: Tokiwa Gozen was a famed beauty and noblewoman of late Heian-period Japan, celebrated in legend for her courage and sacrifice during the Genpei War era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.