Yamanoue no Okura
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Yamanoue no Okura was an early Nara-period Japanese poet and statesman known for his socially conscious and humanistic poems preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yamanoue no Okura canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1784536 — 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: Yamanoue no Okura Context triple: [Man'yōshū, notablePoet, Yamanoue no Okura]
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Ki no Tsurayuki
Ki no Tsurayuki was a prominent Japanese court poet, critic, and diarist of the early Heian period, best known as the principal compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and author of the Tosa Diary.
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Ōtomo no Tabito
Ōtomo no Tabito was an early Nara-period Japanese courtier and poet best known for his refined Chinese-style verse and influential role in the development of classical Japanese poetry.
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Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.
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Kokin Wakashū
Kokin Wakashū is an early 10th-century imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry that became a foundational model for classical Japanese literature and poetic aesthetics.
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E.
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Ōtomo no Yakamochi was an 8th-century Japanese court noble and one of the most prominent poets of the Nara period, traditionally regarded as a principal compiler of the Man'yōshū anthology.
- 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: Yamanoue no Okura Target entity description: Yamanoue no Okura was an early Nara-period Japanese poet and statesman known for his socially conscious and humanistic poems preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
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A.
Ki no Tsurayuki
Ki no Tsurayuki was a prominent Japanese court poet, critic, and diarist of the early Heian period, best known as the principal compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and author of the Tosa Diary.
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B.
Ōtomo no Tabito
Ōtomo no Tabito was an early Nara-period Japanese courtier and poet best known for his refined Chinese-style verse and influential role in the development of classical Japanese poetry.
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C.
Man'yōshū
Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.
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D.
Kokin Wakashū
Kokin Wakashū is an early 10th-century imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry that became a foundational model for classical Japanese literature and poetic aesthetics.
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E.
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Ōtomo no Yakamochi was an 8th-century Japanese court noble and one of the most prominent poets of the Nara period, traditionally regarded as a principal compiler of the Man'yōshū anthology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese poet
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Nara-period poet ⓘ human ⓘ poet ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| canonizedIn |
Man'yōshū
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surface form:
Man'yōshū anthology
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| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| era | early Nara period ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
banka (elegies)
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chōka ⓘ waka ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
compassion for common people
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grief and mourning ⓘ impermanence of life ⓘ parental love ⓘ poverty ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist thought
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Chinese literature ⓘ Confucianism ⓘ
surface form:
Confucian ethics
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| knownFor |
concern for the poor and suffering
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humanistic themes ⓘ socially conscious poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Chinese
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Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| movement | Man'yōshū poets ⓘ |
| notableWork |
poems in the Man'yōshū
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“Dialogue on Poverty” ⓘ “Elegy on the Death of a Child” ⓘ “Lament for the Deceased Wife” ⓘ |
| occupation |
government official
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poet ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| partOf | early Japanese literary canon ⓘ |
| period | Nara period ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
court official in the Nara court
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provincial administrator ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| style |
didactic
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moralistic ⓘ realistic depiction of ordinary life ⓘ |
| workPreservedIn | Man'yōshū ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yamanoue no Okura Description of subject: Yamanoue no Okura was an early Nara-period Japanese poet and statesman known for his socially conscious and humanistic poems preserved in the Man'yōshū anthology.
Referenced by (1)
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