Emperor Konoe
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Emperor Konoe was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose short reign was marked by cloistered rule and political dominance by his retired father, Emperor Toba.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emperor Konoe canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13494394 — 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: Emperor Konoe Context triple: [Emperor Toba, child, Emperor Konoe]
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A.
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese prince and politician who served multiple times as prime minister and played a central role in Japan’s political and military escalation leading up to and during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Morihiro Konoe
Morihiro Konoe was a Japanese aristocrat and politician from the prominent Konoe family, known as the son of wartime Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
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C.
Koki Hirota
Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
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D.
Higashikuni Masahisa
Higashikuni Masahisa was a Japanese imperial prince and member of the Higashikuni-no-miya house, a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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E.
Saionji Kinmochi
Saionji Kinmochi was a prominent Japanese statesman and genrō who twice served as prime minister during the late Meiji and early Taishō periods and played a key role in shaping modern Japanese politics.
- 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: Emperor Konoe Target entity description: Emperor Konoe was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose short reign was marked by cloistered rule and political dominance by his retired father, Emperor Toba.
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A.
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese prince and politician who served multiple times as prime minister and played a central role in Japan’s political and military escalation leading up to and during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Morihiro Konoe
Morihiro Konoe was a Japanese aristocrat and politician from the prominent Konoe family, known as the son of wartime Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
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C.
Koki Hirota
Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
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D.
Higashikuni Masahisa
Higashikuni Masahisa was a Japanese imperial prince and member of the Higashikuni-no-miya house, a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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E.
Saionji Kinmochi
Saionji Kinmochi was a prominent Japanese statesman and genrō who twice served as prime minister during the late Meiji and early Taishō periods and played a key role in shaping modern Japanese politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emperor of Japan
ⓘ
Heian-period person ⓘ Japanese monarch ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ascendedToThroneAsChild | true ⓘ |
| ascensionContext | influenced by retired Emperor Toba ⓘ |
| associatedClan |
Fujiwara clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taira clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1139 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Heian-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Konoe no misasagi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| child | none surviving to adulthood ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| courtLocation | Heian-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1155 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Heian-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraNameUsedDuringReign |
Kyūan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kōji NERFINISHED ⓘ Ninpei NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten'yō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Emperor Toba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Akihito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Imperial House of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| mother | Fujiwara no Shōshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | continued dominance of retired Emperor Toba over court politics ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
political dominance by retired Emperor Toba
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reign characterized by cloistered rule ⓘ |
| period | Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalName | Konoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | insei (cloistered rule) ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Konoe-tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Emperor Sutoku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1155 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1142 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Fujiwara no Tokoku
NERFINISHED
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Fujiwara no Tokushi NERFINISHED ⓘ Taira no Tokuko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | Heika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Go-Shirakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Emperor Konoe Description of subject: Emperor Konoe was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose short reign was marked by cloistered rule and political dominance by his retired father, Emperor Toba.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Retired Emperor Sutoku