Kusunoki Masashige
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Kusunoki Masashige was a 14th-century Japanese samurai famed for his unwavering loyalty to Emperor Go-Daigo and his brilliant, though ultimately tragic, military defense of the imperial cause.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kusunoki Masashige canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11749789 — 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: Kusunoki Masashige Context triple: [Kemmu era, notableFigure, Kusunoki Masashige]
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A.
Nitta Yoshisada
Nitta Yoshisada was a 14th-century Japanese samurai leader who helped overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore imperial rule under Emperor Go-Daigo.
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B.
Minamoto no Yorimasa
Minamoto no Yorimasa was a late Heian-period Japanese samurai and poet famed for his role in the early Genpei War and his celebrated death by ritual suicide after defeat in battle.
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C.
Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga was a prominent late Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō and Christian convert who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a leading commander during the Imjin War against Korea.
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D.
Minamoto no Yoshiie
Minamoto no Yoshiie was an 11th-century Japanese samurai warlord renowned for his military prowess and later celebrated as an ideal warrior and early hero of the Minamoto clan.
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E.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
- 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: Kusunoki Masashige Target entity description: Kusunoki Masashige was a 14th-century Japanese samurai famed for his unwavering loyalty to Emperor Go-Daigo and his brilliant, though ultimately tragic, military defense of the imperial cause.
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A.
Nitta Yoshisada
Nitta Yoshisada was a 14th-century Japanese samurai leader who helped overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore imperial rule under Emperor Go-Daigo.
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B.
Minamoto no Yorimasa
Minamoto no Yorimasa was a late Heian-period Japanese samurai and poet famed for his role in the early Genpei War and his celebrated death by ritual suicide after defeat in battle.
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C.
Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga was a prominent late Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō and Christian convert who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a leading commander during the Imjin War against Korea.
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D.
Minamoto no Yoshiie
Minamoto no Yoshiie was an 11th-century Japanese samurai warlord renowned for his military prowess and later celebrated as an ideal warrior and early hero of the Minamoto clan.
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E.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.