Kawabata Yasunari
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Kawabata Yasunari was a Japanese novelist and short story writer, renowned for his lyrical prose and as the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yasunari Kawabata | 4 |
| Kawabata Yasunari canonical | 2 |
| Kawabata | 1 |
| 川端 康成 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2256156 — 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.
Target entity: Kawabata Yasunari Context triple: [Kyoto University, hasNotableAlumni, Kawabata Yasunari]
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Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai was a prominent 20th-century Japanese novelist known for his darkly introspective, semi-autobiographical works such as "No Longer Human" and "The Setting Sun," which explore themes of alienation, despair, and postwar disillusionment.
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B.
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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C.
Natsume Sōseki
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kawabata Yasunari Target entity description: Kawabata Yasunari was a Japanese novelist and short story writer, renowned for his lyrical prose and as the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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A.
Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai was a prominent 20th-century Japanese novelist known for his darkly introspective, semi-autobiographical works such as "No Longer Human" and "The Setting Sun," which explore themes of alienation, despair, and postwar disillusionment.
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B.
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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C.
Natsume Sōseki
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese writer
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Goethe Medal
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Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ Order of Culture ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Culture (Japan)
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| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-06-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1972-04-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Tokyo
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surface form:
Tokyo Imperial University
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| familyName |
Kawabata Yasunari
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kawabata
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| fieldOfWork | literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| givenName |
Tsukada Yasunari
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surface form:
Yasunari
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| influencedBy |
Buddhist aesthetics
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Japanese classical literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | Shinkankakuha ⓘ |
| name | Kawabata Yasunari self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Kawabata Yasunari
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
川端 康成
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| nobelPrize | Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| nobelYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first Japanese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
House of the Sleeping Beauties
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Snow Country ⓘ The Old Capital ⓘ The Sound of the Mountain ⓘ Thousand Cranes ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Osaka Prefecture
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surface form:
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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| placeOfDeath |
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture
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surface form:
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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| residence |
Tokyo
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surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
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| theme |
beauty
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ephemerality ⓘ loneliness ⓘ traditional Japanese aesthetics ⓘ |
| workTranslatedInto |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
lyrical prose
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subtle psychological depiction ⓘ |
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Subject: Kawabata Yasunari Description of subject: Kawabata Yasunari was a Japanese novelist and short story writer, renowned for his lyrical prose and as the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Referenced by (8)
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