Brazil-Maru
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Brazil-Maru is a novel by Karen Tei Yamashita that explores Japanese immigrant communities in Brazil through a blend of historical fiction and experimental narrative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brazil-Maru canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9792394 — 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: Brazil-Maru Context triple: [Karen Tei Yamashita, notableWork, Brazil-Maru]
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A.
Tom Paine Maru
Tom Paine Maru is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores themes of individual freedom, anti-authoritarianism, and revolutionary politics in a spacefaring setting.
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B.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Shigure
Shigure was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, noted for its participation in numerous major naval engagements and its reputation for repeatedly surviving heavy combat.
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D.
Piper Maru Klotz
Piper Maru Klotz is the daughter of actress Gillian Anderson and art director Clyde Klotz, known primarily for her connection to her mother's work on The X-Files.
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E.
Shinkoku Maru
Shinkoku Maru is a famous World War II-era Japanese oil tanker wreck that now serves as a popular scuba diving site in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia.
- 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: Brazil-Maru Target entity description: Brazil-Maru is a novel by Karen Tei Yamashita that explores Japanese immigrant communities in Brazil through a blend of historical fiction and experimental narrative.
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A.
Tom Paine Maru
Tom Paine Maru is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores themes of individual freedom, anti-authoritarianism, and revolutionary politics in a spacefaring setting.
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B.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Shigure
Shigure was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, noted for its participation in numerous major naval engagements and its reputation for repeatedly surviving heavy combat.
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D.
Piper Maru Klotz
Piper Maru Klotz is the daughter of actress Gillian Anderson and art director Clyde Klotz, known primarily for her connection to her mother's work on The X-Files.
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E.
Shinkoku Maru
Shinkoku Maru is a famous World War II-era Japanese oil tanker wreck that now serves as a popular scuba diving site in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Karen Tei Yamashita ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| followedBy | Tropic of Orange ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ immigrant literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Japanese immigrants
ⓘ
farm workers ⓘ religious leaders ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim in Asian American studies ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
collective memory
ⓘ
colonialism and its legacies ⓘ cultural displacement ⓘ family and community ⓘ labor and agriculture ⓘ language and translation ⓘ race and ethnicity ⓘ religious utopianism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Asian American literature
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Japanese Brazilian community
ⓘ
Japanese immigration to Brazil ⓘ diaspora ⓘ identity ⓘ transnationalism ⓘ utopian communities ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multi-perspective narration
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Japanese Brazilian history
ⓘ
experimental narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Karen Tei Yamashita bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Coffee House Press ⓘ |
| setting |
Brazil
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin American studies courses
ⓘ
comparative literature courses ⓘ ethnic studies courses ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
20th century
ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ pre–World War II era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brazil-Maru Description of subject: Brazil-Maru is a novel by Karen Tei Yamashita that explores Japanese immigrant communities in Brazil through a blend of historical fiction and experimental narrative.
Referenced by (2)
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