Natsume Sōseki
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Natsume Sōseki was a seminal Japanese novelist and scholar of the Meiji era, best known for works like "Kokoro" and "I Am a Cat," and is widely regarded as one of Japan’s greatest modern writers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Natsume Sōseki canonical | 2 |
| Sōseki | 1 |
| 夏目漱石 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1604084 — 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: Natsume Sōseki Context triple: [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, influencedBy, Natsume Sōseki]
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A.
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese writer, often called the "father of the Japanese short story," best known internationally for works like "Rashōmon" and "In a Grove."
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B.
Hikari Ōe
Hikari Ōe is a Japanese composer known for his classical music works and as the son of Nobel Prize–winning author Kenzaburō Ōe.
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C.
Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for his profound, politically engaged works exploring postwar Japanese society and personal trauma.
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D.
Mishima
Mishima is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic shrines, views of Mount Fuji, and role as a regional transportation hub.
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E.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- 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: Natsume Sōseki Target entity description: Natsume Sōseki was a seminal Japanese novelist and scholar of the Meiji era, best known for works like "Kokoro" and "I Am a Cat," and is widely regarded as one of Japan’s greatest modern writers.
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A.
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese writer, often called the "father of the Japanese short story," best known internationally for works like "Rashōmon" and "In a Grove."
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B.
Hikari Ōe
Hikari Ōe is a Japanese composer known for his classical music works and as the son of Nobel Prize–winning author Kenzaburō Ōe.
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C.
Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for his profound, politically engaged works exploring postwar Japanese society and personal trauma.
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D.
Mishima
Mishima is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic shrines, views of Mount Fuji, and role as a regional transportation hub.
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E.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese writer
ⓘ
human ⓘ novelist ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| appearsOn | Japanese 1000 yen banknote (former series) ⓘ |
| birthName | Natsume Kinnosuke ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stomach ulcer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1867-02-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-12-09 ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Japan’s greatest modern writers ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Imperial University
University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
Asahi Shimbun
ⓘ
University of Tokyo ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Imperial University
|
| era |
Meiji era
ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji period
Taishō period ⓘ |
| familyName |
Natsume Kinnosuke
ⓘ
surface form:
Natsume
|
| fieldOfWork |
English literature
ⓘ
Japanese literature ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
ⓘ
haiku ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Kinnosuke ⓘ |
| influenced |
Osamu Dazai
ⓘ
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ⓘ modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
psychological insight in fiction
ⓘ
satirical depiction of Meiji society ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement |
Meiji literature
ⓘ
modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| name | Natsume Sōseki self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Natsume Sōseki
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
夏目漱石
|
| notableWork |
And Then
ⓘ
Botchan ⓘ I Am a Cat ⓘ Kokoro ⓘ Kusamakura ⓘ Light and Darkness ⓘ mon ⓘ
surface form:
Mon
Sanshirō ⓘ Sorekara ⓘ Ten Nights of Dreams ⓘ The Gate ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary critic
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ scholar ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edo
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of English literature ⓘ |
| pseudonym |
Natsume Sōseki
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surface form:
Sōseki
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| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | Tokyo ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
Meiji era
ⓘ
Taisho era ⓘ
surface form:
Taishō era
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Natsume Sōseki Description of subject: Natsume Sōseki was a seminal Japanese novelist and scholar of the Meiji era, best known for works like "Kokoro" and "I Am a Cat," and is widely regarded as one of Japan’s greatest modern writers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
夏目漱石
this entity surface form:
Sōseki