Sorekara
E693628
Sorekara is a 1909 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki that explores themes of individualism, morality, and modernity through the story of an introspective intellectual caught in a complex love and social dilemma.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sorekara canonical | 2 |
| Sorekara (1985 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7790094 — 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: Sorekara Context triple: [Natsume Sōseki, notableWork, Sorekara]
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A.
Sirokakara
Sirokakara is a small settlement located on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Sorya
Sorya is a regional dialect of the Kumaoni language spoken in parts of the Indian Himalayan region.
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C.
Sodeke
Sodeke was a prominent 19th-century Egba leader and war chief who played a central role in uniting the Egba people and establishing the city of Abeokuta in present-day Nigeria.
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D.
Sokar
Sokar is an ancient Egyptian funerary god associated with the Memphite necropolis, the afterlife, and aspects of death and rebirth.
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E.
Sōri
Sōri was an early art name used by the renowned Japanese ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai during the formative period of his printmaking career.
- 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: Sorekara Target entity description: Sorekara is a 1909 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki that explores themes of individualism, morality, and modernity through the story of an introspective intellectual caught in a complex love and social dilemma.
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A.
Sirokakara
Sirokakara is a small settlement located on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Sorya
Sorya is a regional dialect of the Kumaoni language spoken in parts of the Indian Himalayan region.
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C.
Sodeke
Sodeke was a prominent 19th-century Egba leader and war chief who played a central role in uniting the Egba people and establishing the city of Abeokuta in present-day Nigeria.
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D.
Sokar
Sokar is an ancient Egyptian funerary god associated with the Memphite necropolis, the afterlife, and aspects of death and rebirth.
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E.
Sōri
Sōri was an early art name used by the renowned Japanese ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai during the formative period of his printmaking career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| author | Natsume Sōseki ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| exploresConflictBetween |
Western individualism and Japanese tradition
ⓘ
personal desire and social duty ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Mon (The Gate)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Gate
|
| genre |
novel
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Sorekara (1985 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sorekara
|
| hasLoveTriangle | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Meiji period
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
|
| mainCharacter | Daisuke ⓘ |
| movement | modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Meiji-era social change
ⓘ
introspective psychological portrayal of the protagonist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalMedium | newspaper serialization ⓘ |
| originalSerialization | Asahi Shimbun ⓘ |
| partOf | Natsume Sōseki’s later novels ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | intellectual ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Meiji era ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ family duty ⓘ individualism ⓘ love ⓘ modernity ⓘ morality ⓘ social obligation ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | And Then ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sorekara Description of subject: Sorekara is a 1909 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki that explores themes of individualism, morality, and modernity through the story of an introspective intellectual caught in a complex love and social dilemma.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sorekara