Shōka Sonjuku academy
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Shōka Sonjuku academy was a small but highly influential private school in late Edo-period Japan, led by Yoshida Shōin and known for educating many key figures who later drove the Meiji Restoration.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shōka Sonjuku academy canonical | 3 |
| Shōka Sonjuku Academy site | 1 |
| 適塾 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6656625 — 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: Shōka Sonjuku academy Context triple: [Chōshū Domain, notableInstitution, Shōka Sonjuku academy]
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A.
Kaisei Academy
Kaisei Academy is a prestigious Japanese boys' secondary school in Tokyo known for its rigorous academics and history of producing many prominent political and intellectual leaders.
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B.
Yushima Seidō
Yushima Seidō is a historic Confucian temple and former educational center in Tokyo, Japan, known as a key site for Confucian learning during the Edo period.
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C.
Toho Gakuen School of Music
Toho Gakuen School of Music is a prestigious Japanese conservatory in Tokyo renowned for training world-class classical musicians and conductors.
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D.
Tokyo Academy
Tokyo Academy was an early Japanese scholarly institution that laid the groundwork for the modern Japan Academy as a national body for academic research and recognition.
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E.
Takarazuka Music School
Takarazuka Music School is a prestigious Japanese performing arts academy that trains young women as future members of the all-female Takarazuka Revue.
- 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: Shōka Sonjuku academy Target entity description: Shōka Sonjuku academy was a small but highly influential private school in late Edo-period Japan, led by Yoshida Shōin and known for educating many key figures who later drove the Meiji Restoration.
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A.
Kaisei Academy
Kaisei Academy is a prestigious Japanese boys' secondary school in Tokyo known for its rigorous academics and history of producing many prominent political and intellectual leaders.
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B.
Yushima Seidō
Yushima Seidō is a historic Confucian temple and former educational center in Tokyo, Japan, known as a key site for Confucian learning during the Edo period.
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C.
Toho Gakuen School of Music
Toho Gakuen School of Music is a prestigious Japanese conservatory in Tokyo renowned for training world-class classical musicians and conductors.
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D.
Tokyo Academy
Tokyo Academy was an early Japanese scholarly institution that laid the groundwork for the modern Japan Academy as a national body for academic research and recognition.
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E.
Takarazuka Music School
Takarazuka Music School is a prestigious Japanese performing arts academy that trains young women as future members of the all-female Takarazuka Revue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
private academy
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terakoya-style school ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | sonnō jōi movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Mōri clan ⓘ |
| closureReason | suppression of anti-shogunate activities ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| educationalPhilosophy |
loyalty to the emperor
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patriotism ⓘ practical learning ⓘ reverence for the emperor and expulsion of the barbarians ⓘ |
| founder | Yoshida Shōin ⓘ |
| hasPart | Shōin’s study room ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Site of Japan
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UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
late Edo period
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linked to:
Edo period
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| influenced |
Meiji Restoration leaders
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linked to:
Meiji oligarchy
modern Japanese politics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
educating key figures of the Meiji Restoration
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influencing sonnō jōi activists ⓘ military studies ⓘ political education ⓘ rangaku-influenced studies ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Japanese ⓘ |
| leader | Yoshida Shōin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chōshū Domain
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Hagi ⓘ Nagato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Hagi Castle town
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linked to:
Hagi-jō
Yoshida Shōin Shrine ⓘ |
| scale | small private school ⓘ |
| status | historic site ⓘ |
| student |
Inoue Kaoru
ⓘ
Itō Hirobumi ⓘ Kido Takayoshi ⓘ Kusaka Genzui ⓘ Maebara Issei ⓘ Nomura Yasushi ⓘ Takasugi Shinsaku ⓘ Yamagata Aritomo ⓘ Yoshida Toshimaro ⓘ |
| subjectTaught |
Confucian classics
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Western learning ⓘ military science ⓘ political thought ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shōka Sonjuku academy Description of subject: Shōka Sonjuku academy was a small but highly influential private school in late Edo-period Japan, led by Yoshida Shōin and known for educating many key figures who later drove the Meiji Restoration.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shōka Sonjuku academy
linked to: Shōka Sonjuku academy