Tokugawa Iesada
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Tokugawa Iesada was the 13th shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during the late Edo period as Western pressure to open the country was rapidly intensifying.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tokugawa Iesada canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15650363 — 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: Tokugawa Iesada Context triple: [Bansho Shirabesho, foundedBy, Tokugawa Iesada]
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A.
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Tokugawa Ietsuna was the fourth shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during a relatively peaceful period in the early Edo era and maintaining the political systems established by his predecessors.
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B.
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu was the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty in Japan, known for consolidating shogunal power, enforcing national seclusion (sakoku), and strengthening centralized rule during the early Edo period.
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C.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty in Japan, known for his cultural patronage and controversial animal protection edicts during the Edo period.
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D.
Tokugawa Tadanaga
Tokugawa Tadanaga was a Tokugawa shogunate-era Japanese daimyō and younger brother of shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, known for his tragic downfall in early Edo-period succession struggles.
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E.
Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Hidetada was the second shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, who consolidated his father Ieyasu’s rule and oversaw the early Edo 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: Tokugawa Iesada Target entity description: Tokugawa Iesada was the 13th shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during the late Edo period as Western pressure to open the country was rapidly intensifying.
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A.
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Tokugawa Ietsuna was the fourth shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during a relatively peaceful period in the early Edo era and maintaining the political systems established by his predecessors.
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B.
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu was the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty in Japan, known for consolidating shogunal power, enforcing national seclusion (sakoku), and strengthening centralized rule during the early Edo period.
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C.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty in Japan, known for his cultural patronage and controversial animal protection edicts during the Edo period.
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D.
Tokugawa Tadanaga
Tokugawa Tadanaga was a Tokugawa shogunate-era Japanese daimyō and younger brother of shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, known for his tragic downfall in early Edo-period succession struggles.
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E.
Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Hidetada was the second shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, who consolidated his father Ieyasu’s rule and oversaw the early Edo period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.