The Setting Sun
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The Setting Sun is a seminal postwar Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays the decline of an aristocratic family and the disillusionment of a generation in the aftermath of World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Setting Sun canonical | 3 |
| The Setting Sun (TV adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8186257 — 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: The Setting Sun Context triple: [Osamu Dazai, notableWork, The Setting Sun]
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A.
The Setting of the Sun
The Setting of the Sun is a Rococo painting by François Boucher that exemplifies his lush, mythological scenes filled with sensuous figures and soft, radiant light.
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B.
Victory over the Sun
"Victory over the Sun" is a 1913 avant-garde Russian Futurist opera known for its radical experimentation with sound, language, and stage design, including Kazimir Malevich’s pioneering abstract sets.
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C.
Behind the Sun
"Behind the Sun" is a Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Salles that explores family honor, violence, and coming-of-age in the rural Northeast at the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
"The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun" is a progressive metal song by Dream Theater from their debut album "When Dream and Day Unite."
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E.
Born of the Sun
"Born of the Sun" is an album by experimental folk duo Faun Fables, showcasing their theatrical, mythic storytelling and eclectic acoustic sound.
- 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: The Setting Sun Target entity description: The Setting Sun is a seminal postwar Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays the decline of an aristocratic family and the disillusionment of a generation in the aftermath of World War II.
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A.
The Setting of the Sun
The Setting of the Sun is a Rococo painting by François Boucher that exemplifies his lush, mythological scenes filled with sensuous figures and soft, radiant light.
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B.
Victory over the Sun
"Victory over the Sun" is a 1913 avant-garde Russian Futurist opera known for its radical experimentation with sound, language, and stage design, including Kazimir Malevich’s pioneering abstract sets.
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C.
Behind the Sun
"Behind the Sun" is a Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Salles that explores family honor, violence, and coming-of-age in the rural Northeast at the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
"The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun" is a progressive metal song by Dream Theater from their debut album "When Dream and Day Unite."
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E.
Born of the Sun
"Born of the Sun" is an album by experimental folk duo Faun Fables, showcasing their theatrical, mythic storytelling and eclectic acoustic sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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postwar literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Osamu Dazai’s exploration of self-destruction ⓘ |
| author | Osamu Dazai ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
struggle to adapt to loss of social status
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tension between traditional values and modern realities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| depicts |
economic hardship in postwar Japan
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erosion of traditional class structures ⓘ moral uncertainty after wartime defeat ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Kazuko
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Kazuko’s mother ⓘ Naoji ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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postwar fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| influenced | later Japanese postwar fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | seminal work of postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class transition
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decline of the aristocracy ⓘ existential despair ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ postwar disillusionment ⓘ social change in postwar Japan ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays |
decline of an aristocratic family
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disillusionment of a generation ⓘ |
| protagonist | Kazuko ⓘ |
| publicationEra | immediately after World War II ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–World War II Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Setting Sun Description of subject: The Setting Sun is a seminal postwar Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays the decline of an aristocratic family and the disillusionment of a generation in the aftermath of World War II.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: The Setting Sun