Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato)

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Japanese royal title ancient Japanese office head-of-state title sovereign title

Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato) was the ancient sovereign title used by early Japanese rulers of the Yamato polity before the later adoption of the imperial title Tennō.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato) canonical	1
Ōkimi (Yamato king)	1
Ōkimi of Yamato	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6706322 — 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: Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato)
Context triple: [Tennō, predecessorInstitution, Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato)]

A. Emperor Ōjin
Emperor Ōjin is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor who is traditionally identified with the Shinto war god Hachiman and venerated as a deified ancestral figure.
B. Emperor Jimmu
Emperor Jimmu is the legendary first emperor of Japan, traditionally regarded as the mythic founder of the Japanese imperial line.
C. Yūryaku (Emperor of Japan)
Yūryaku was a semi-legendary 5th-century emperor of Japan traditionally listed as the 21st monarch in the imperial lineage.
D. Daigo-tennō
Daigo-tennō was a Heian-period Japanese emperor remembered for his relatively stable and prosperous reign and for being one of the last rulers to exercise significant direct imperial authority before the rise of powerful regents and warrior clans.
E. Emperor Nintoku
Emperor Nintoku was a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally credited with benevolent rule and associated with one of the largest keyhole-shaped burial mounds in the world.
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: Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato)
Target entity description: Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato) was the ancient sovereign title used by early Japanese rulers of the Yamato polity before the later adoption of the imperial title Tennō.

A. Emperor Ōjin
Emperor Ōjin is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor who is traditionally identified with the Shinto war god Hachiman and venerated as a deified ancestral figure.
B. Emperor Jimmu
Emperor Jimmu is the legendary first emperor of Japan, traditionally regarded as the mythic founder of the Japanese imperial line.
C. Yūryaku (Emperor of Japan)
Yūryaku was a semi-legendary 5th-century emperor of Japan traditionally listed as the 21st monarch in the imperial lineage.
D. Daigo-tennō
Daigo-tennō was a Heian-period Japanese emperor remembered for his relatively stable and prosperous reign and for being one of the last rulers to exercise significant direct imperial authority before the rise of powerful regents and warrior clans.
E. Emperor Nintoku
Emperor Nintoku was a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally credited with benevolent rule and associated with one of the largest keyhole-shaped burial mounds in the world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese royal title ⓘ ancient Japanese office ⓘ head-of-state title ⓘ sovereign title ⓘ
associatedWith	Yamato kingship ⓘ Yamato state formation ⓘ linked to: Yamato polity uji-kabane system ⓘ
country	Yamato polity ⓘ
culturalContext	early Japanese state formation ⓘ
domain	Yamato court ⓘ
evidenceType	Chinese and Korean historical records ⓘ inscriptions on ancient Japanese artifacts ⓘ
followedBy	Tennō ⓘ
governmentForm	centralized chiefdom ⓘ early Japanese monarchy ⓘ
hasGenderAssociation	primarily male title ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Keitai Ōkimi ⓘ Yūryaku Ōkimi ⓘ
holderRole	military leader of Yamato ⓘ political leader of Yamato ⓘ religious leader of Yamato ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
literalMeaning	Great King ⓘ
nativeLabel	大王 ⓘ
politicalFunction	centralization of authority in Yamato ⓘ unification of regional clans ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	supreme ruler of Yamato ⓘ
precededBy	local chieftain titles ⓘ
recognizedBy	regional chieftains in Japan ⓘ
region	Japanese archipelago ⓘ Yamato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	Kimi (local lord) ⓘ Tennō ⓘ Yamato court ⓘ
religiousAssociation	Shinto rituals of the Yamato court ⓘ
replacedBy	Tennō ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	Kinai region ⓘ linked to: Kansai region central and western Honshū ⓘ
script	kanji ⓘ
successorTitle	Tennō ⓘ
timePeriod	Asuka period (early phase) ⓘ linked to: Asuka period Kofun period ⓘ
titleType	hereditary monarchy title ⓘ
transliteration	Ōkimi ⓘ
usedBy	early Japanese rulers ⓘ rulers of the Yamato polity ⓘ
usedIn	ancient Japan ⓘ linked to: Yamato period
usedUntil	introduction of the Tennō title in the late 7th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennō → predecessorInstitution → Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato) ⓘ

kuni no miyatsuko → subordinateTo → Ōkimi (Yamato king) ⓘ

subject linked to: kuni no miyatsuko local rulers

linked to: Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato)

Yūryaku → titleInChronicles → Ōkimi of Yamato ⓘ

subject linked to: Yūryaku (Emperor of Japan)