Kojinteki na Taiken
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Kojinteki na Taiken is the Japanese title of Kenzaburō Ōe’s novel "A Personal Matter," a dark, introspective work about a man confronting the birth of his brain-damaged child.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kojinteki na Taiken canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9892951 — 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: Kojinteki na Taiken Context triple: [A Personal Matter, originalTitleRomaji, Kojinteki na Taiken]
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A.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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Nukata no Ōkimi
Nukata no Ōkimi was a 7th-century Japanese imperial princess and celebrated poet whose works are preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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Nanto Shichi Daiji
Nanto Shichi Daiji refers to the group of seven major Buddhist temples in the ancient capital of Nara that played a central role in Japan’s early religious and political life.
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Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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E.
Takanot
Takanot are rabbinic enactments or decrees established to address communal needs and clarify or safeguard Jewish law within Rabbinic Judaism.
- 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: Kojinteki na Taiken Target entity description: Kojinteki na Taiken is the Japanese title of Kenzaburō Ōe’s novel "A Personal Matter," a dark, introspective work about a man confronting the birth of his brain-damaged child.
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A.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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B.
Nukata no Ōkimi
Nukata no Ōkimi was a 7th-century Japanese imperial princess and celebrated poet whose works are preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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C.
Nanto Shichi Daiji
Nanto Shichi Daiji refers to the group of seven major Buddhist temples in the ancient capital of Nara that played a central role in Japan’s early religious and political life.
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D.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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E.
Takanot
Takanot are rabbinic enactments or decrees established to address communal needs and clarify or safeguard Jewish law within Rabbinic Judaism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | known primarily as a novel (no major film adaptation widely recognized) ⓘ |
| author | Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ |
| awardedAuthor | Kenzaburō Ōe Nobel Prize in Literature (1994) (author, not specific work) ⓘ |
| containsCharacterType |
brain-damaged infant
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estranged wife ⓘ former girlfriend ⓘ young father ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed in Japanese literature ⓘ |
| culturalContext | postwar Japanese society ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | A Personal Matter ⓘ |
| firstEditionLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishEdition | A Personal Matter ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ |
| influencedBy | author’s personal experience with disabled child ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstPublication | Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bird ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark introspective tone
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exploration of ethical conflict around disabled child ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | around 200–250 pages (varies by edition) ⓘ |
| plotFocus | man confronting birth of brain-damaged child ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| relatedAuthorWork | Kenzaburō Ōe’s autobiographical themes ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Silent Cry ⓘ |
| romanization | Kojinteki na Taiken ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
parent of disabled child
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psychological turmoil ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
disability
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escape from responsibility ⓘ existential crisis ⓘ fatherhood ⓘ moral dilemma ⓘ personal growth ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| titleInJapanese | 個人的な体験 ⓘ |
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