Itsuka
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Itsuka is a novel by Joy Kogawa that continues the story of Japanese Canadians grappling with the legacy of wartime internment and the struggle for redress.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Itsuka canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9792335 — 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: Itsuka Context triple: [Joy Kogawa, notableWork, Itsuka]
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A.
Fubuki
Fubuki was a pioneering Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its advanced design and powerful armament that influenced destroyer construction worldwide.
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B.
Kashiwa-no-ha
Kashiwa-no-ha is a modern, planned district in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, known for its smart-city initiatives, research institutions, and residential developments centered around Kashiwa-no-ha Campus Station.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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D.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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E.
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.
- 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: Itsuka Target entity description: Itsuka is a novel by Joy Kogawa that continues the story of Japanese Canadians grappling with the legacy of wartime internment and the struggle for redress.
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A.
Fubuki
Fubuki was a pioneering Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its advanced design and powerful armament that influenced destroyer construction worldwide.
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B.
Kashiwa-no-ha
Kashiwa-no-ha is a modern, planned district in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, known for its smart-city initiatives, research institutions, and residential developments centered around Kashiwa-no-ha Campus Station.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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D.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| about |
campaign for Japanese Canadian redress
ⓘ
government apology and compensation ⓘ |
| author | Joy Kogawa ⓘ |
| continuationOf | story begun in Obasan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Joy Kogawa ⓘ |
| follows | Obasan ⓘ |
| hasEthnicContext | Japanese Canadian community ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext |
World War II internment of Japanese Canadians
ⓘ
linked to:
Internment of Japanese Canadians
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Asian Canadian literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Asian Canadian
Japanese Canadian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Japanese Canadian internment
ⓘ
Japanese Canadians ⓘ redress movement ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
collective political struggle
ⓘ
personal impact of historical injustice ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1980s
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post–World War II ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Canada ⓘ |
| theme |
activism and political engagement
ⓘ
family and community ⓘ identity and belonging ⓘ legacy of wartime internment ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ racism and discrimination ⓘ struggle for redress ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Itsuka Description of subject: Itsuka is a novel by Joy Kogawa that continues the story of Japanese Canadians grappling with the legacy of wartime internment and the struggle for redress.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.