Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
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Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life is a 1896 collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese culture, psychology, and spirituality from an intimate, reflective perspective.
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| Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17237312 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life Context triple: [Lafcadio Hearn, notableWork, Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life]
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A.
The Spirit of Japanese Art
"The Spirit of Japanese Art" is a critical and interpretive work by poet and critic Yone Noguchi that explores the aesthetics, philosophy, and cultural significance of traditional Japanese art for a largely Western readership.
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a landmark 1946 anthropological study that analyzes Japanese culture and social structure, especially concepts of honor, obligation, and shame, from an American perspective during World War II.
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C.
Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness
Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness is a classic 14th-century Japanese collection of reflective and aphoristic essays that meditate on impermanence, aesthetics, and the fleeting nature of human life.
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D.
The Soul of the Far East
The Soul of the Far East is an 1888 book by American astronomer and writer Percival Lowell that offers a reflective, often romanticized study of East Asian culture and psychology, especially that of Japan.
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E.
Jūjūshinron
Jūjūshinron is a foundational Buddhist treatise that systematically outlines the progressive stages of mental and spiritual development on the path to enlightenment.
- 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: Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life Target entity description: Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life is a 1896 collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn that explores Japanese culture, psychology, and spirituality from an intimate, reflective perspective.
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A.
The Spirit of Japanese Art
"The Spirit of Japanese Art" is a critical and interpretive work by poet and critic Yone Noguchi that explores the aesthetics, philosophy, and cultural significance of traditional Japanese art for a largely Western readership.
-
B.
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a landmark 1946 anthropological study that analyzes Japanese culture and social structure, especially concepts of honor, obligation, and shame, from an American perspective during World War II.
-
C.
Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness
Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness is a classic 14th-century Japanese collection of reflective and aphoristic essays that meditate on impermanence, aesthetics, and the fleeting nature of human life.
-
D.
The Soul of the Far East
The Soul of the Far East is an 1888 book by American astronomer and writer Percival Lowell that offers a reflective, often romanticized study of East Asian culture and psychology, especially that of Japan.
-
E.
Jūjūshinron
Jūjūshinron is a foundational Buddhist treatise that systematically outlines the progressive stages of mental and spiritual development on the path to enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
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