Yōrō ritsuryō
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Yōrō ritsuryō is an early 8th-century Japanese legal and administrative code that systematized the ritsuryō state’s governmental, penal, and civil structures.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yōrō Code enforced in early 8th century | 1 |
| Yōrō ritsuryō canonical | 1 |
| Yōrō ritsuryō system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11270334 — 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: Yōrō ritsuryō Context triple: [Yōrō Code, alsoKnownAs, Yōrō ritsuryō]
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A.
Imperial Ordinances of Japan
The Imperial Ordinances of Japan were executive decrees issued by the Emperor that functioned as a key legal instrument of governance, including for colonial administrations such as the Governor-General of Korea.
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B.
Kokudokōtsū-shō
Kokudokōtsū-shō is Japan’s central government ministry responsible for national land policy, infrastructure development, transportation systems, and tourism administration.
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C.
Imperial Household Law
The Imperial Household Law is the Japanese statute that governs the structure, succession, and internal affairs of the Imperial Family.
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D.
Odai-no-kata
Odai-no-kata was a Japanese noblewoman of the Sengoku period best known as the mother of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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E.
Kita no Mandokoro
Kita no Mandokoro, better known as Nene, was the principal wife of the Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a prominent noblewoman of the late Sengoku period.
- 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: Yōrō ritsuryō Target entity description: Yōrō ritsuryō is an early 8th-century Japanese legal and administrative code that systematized the ritsuryō state’s governmental, penal, and civil structures.
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A.
Imperial Ordinances of Japan
The Imperial Ordinances of Japan were executive decrees issued by the Emperor that functioned as a key legal instrument of governance, including for colonial administrations such as the Governor-General of Korea.
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B.
Kokudokōtsū-shō
Kokudokōtsū-shō is Japan’s central government ministry responsible for national land policy, infrastructure development, transportation systems, and tourism administration.
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C.
Imperial Household Law
The Imperial Household Law is the Japanese statute that governs the structure, succession, and internal affairs of the Imperial Family.
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D.
Odai-no-kata
Odai-no-kata was a Japanese noblewoman of the Sengoku period best known as the mother of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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E.
Kita no Mandokoro
Kita no Mandokoro, better known as Nene, was the principal wife of the Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a prominent noblewoman of the late Sengoku period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
ⓘ
legal code ⓘ ritsuryō code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
ritsuryō state
ⓘ
linked to:
ritsuryō system
|
| appliesToJurisdiction | Japan ⓘ |
| basedOn | Taihō Code ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfDraft | 718 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 8th century ⓘ |
| era | Yōrō era ⓘ |
| follows | Taihō Code ⓘ |
| genre |
administrative code
ⓘ
civil code ⓘ penal code ⓘ |
| hasPart |
administrative statutes
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penal statutes ⓘ ritsu ⓘ ryō ⓘ |
| hasVersion | later commentaries and reconstructions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Nara period ⓘ |
| inception | early 8th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chinese ritsuryō models
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Tang dynasty legal codes ⓘ
linked to:
Tang Code
|
| language |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
kanbun ⓘ |
| legalStatus | constitutional code ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bureaucratic ranks
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civil law ⓘ court rituals ⓘ government organization ⓘ land system ⓘ penal law ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| partOf | ritsuryō system ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partially extant ⓘ |
| regulates |
central government structure
ⓘ
civil procedures ⓘ corvée labor ⓘ criminal offenses and punishments ⓘ land allotment ⓘ military conscription ⓘ population registration ⓘ provincial administration ⓘ tax obligations ⓘ |
| significance | systematized early Japanese state structures ⓘ |
| usedBy | imperial court of Japan ⓘ |
| usedUntil | Heian period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yōrō ritsuryō Description of subject: Yōrō ritsuryō is an early 8th-century Japanese legal and administrative code that systematized the ritsuryō state’s governmental, penal, and civil structures.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yōrō ritsuryō
linked to: Yōrō ritsuryō