Jakuren
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Jakuren was a late Heian-period Japanese Buddhist priest and waka poet renowned for his refined, melancholic verse and inclusion among the Thirty-Six New Immortals of Poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jakuren canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8953172 — 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: Jakuren Context triple: [Shinkokin Wakashū, editor, Jakuren]
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A.
Jōkō
Jōkō is the Japanese honorific title traditionally given to a retired emperor who has abdicated the throne.
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B.
Kusamakura
Kusamakura is a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki that blends poetic prose, philosophical reflection, and aesthetic contemplation through the journey of an artist in a remote mountain hot-spring village.
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C.
Someiyoshino
Someiyoshino is Japan’s most widely planted and iconic cherry blossom cultivar, known for its pale pink flowers that bloom in dramatic unison each spring.
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D.
Takayoshi
Takayoshi is a Japanese given name notably borne by Kido Takayoshi, a key samurai and statesman of the Meiji Restoration.
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E.
Kinnosuke
Kinnosuke is the given name of the renowned Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki, a central figure in modern Japanese literature.
- 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: Jakuren Target entity description: Jakuren was a late Heian-period Japanese Buddhist priest and waka poet renowned for his refined, melancholic verse and inclusion among the Thirty-Six New Immortals of Poetry.
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A.
Jōkō
Jōkō is the Japanese honorific title traditionally given to a retired emperor who has abdicated the throne.
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B.
Kusamakura
Kusamakura is a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki that blends poetic prose, philosophical reflection, and aesthetic contemplation through the journey of an artist in a remote mountain hot-spring village.
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C.
Someiyoshino
Someiyoshino is Japan’s most widely planted and iconic cherry blossom cultivar, known for its pale pink flowers that bloom in dramatic unison each spring.
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D.
Takayoshi
Takayoshi is a Japanese given name notably borne by Kido Takayoshi, a key samurai and statesman of the Meiji Restoration.
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E.
Kinnosuke
Kinnosuke is the given name of the renowned Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki, a central figure in modern Japanese literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist priest
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Heian-period person ⓘ Japanese poet ⓘ medieval Japanese poet ⓘ |
| activity | composition of waka for imperial anthologies ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Buddhist monastic communities
ⓘ
Japanese courtly literary circles ⓘ |
| canonization | included among medieval poet exemplars ⓘ |
| contributedTo | imperial waka anthologies ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Buddhist literary culture
ⓘ
court poetry ⓘ |
| era |
early Kamakura period
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late Heian period ⓘ |
| genre | waka ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | itinerant monk-poet ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Hōshi ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Fujiwara no Shunzei ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryForm | tanka ⓘ |
| literaryReputation |
renowned for elegant diction
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renowned for subdued, wistful mood ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Thirty-Six New Immortals of Poetry
ⓘ
linked to:
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry
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| movement | late Heian poetry ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jakuren Hōshi Shū
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poems in Shin Kokin Wakashū ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| poeticTheme |
Buddhist contemplation
ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ loneliness ⓘ nature ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| style |
melancholic tone
ⓘ
refined poetic style ⓘ |
| workFeaturedIn |
Senzai Wakashū
ⓘ
Shin Kokin Wakashū ⓘ
linked to:
Shinkokin Wakashū
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jakuren Description of subject: Jakuren was a late Heian-period Japanese Buddhist priest and waka poet renowned for his refined, melancholic verse and inclusion among the Thirty-Six New Immortals of Poetry.
Referenced by (1)
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