Sansuijin keirin mondō
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Sansuijin keirin mondō is a seminal Meiji-era political-philosophical dialogue by Nakae Chōmin that critiques modern civilization and explores democratic and liberal ideas in Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sansuijin keirin mondō canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2932737 — 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: Sansuijin keirin mondō Context triple: [Nakae Chōmin, notableWork, Sansuijin keirin mondō]
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A.
Tokyo Kyojin
Tokyo Kyojin is an alternate name for the Yomiuri Giants, one of Japan’s most historic and successful professional baseball teams based in Tokyo.
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B.
Naikaku Sōri Daijin
Naikaku Sōri Daijin is the Japanese term for the Prime Minister of Japan, the head of government and chief executive authority in the country’s political system.
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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D.
Saki Matsuri
Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
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E.
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II, aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
- 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: Sansuijin keirin mondō Target entity description: Sansuijin keirin mondō is a seminal Meiji-era political-philosophical dialogue by Nakae Chōmin that critiques modern civilization and explores democratic and liberal ideas in Japan.
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A.
Tokyo Kyojin
Tokyo Kyojin is an alternate name for the Yomiuri Giants, one of Japan’s most historic and successful professional baseball teams based in Tokyo.
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B.
Naikaku Sōri Daijin
Naikaku Sōri Daijin is the Japanese term for the Prime Minister of Japan, the head of government and chief executive authority in the country’s political system.
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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D.
Saki Matsuri
Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
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E.
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II, aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Meiji-era literary work
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philosophical dialogue ⓘ political treatise ⓘ |
| author | Nakae Chōmin ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Japanese liberal intellectual tradition
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development of democratic discourse in Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| critiques |
authoritarian tendencies in Meiji politics
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uncritical adoption of Western civilization ⓘ |
| discusses |
freedom and equality
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moral basis of political authority ⓘ relationship between individual and state ⓘ role of the people in politics ⓘ |
| field |
intellectual history of Japan
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
dialogue
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
key text of Meiji political debate
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seminal work in Japanese modern thought ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of unreflective Westernization
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supportive of constitutional government ⓘ supportive of popular rights ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early Japanese reception of Western political philosophy
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formation of modern Japanese political thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European liberal philosophy
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French political thought ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s ideas ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated Japanese public of the Meiji era ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
didactic dialogue
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use of fictional interlocutors ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
critique of Western modernity
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democracy ⓘ liberalism ⓘ modern civilization ⓘ political reform in Meiji Japan ⓘ |
| movement |
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement
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liberalism in Japan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of modern civilization
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early articulation of democratic ideas in Japan ⓘ introduction of liberal thought to Japanese readers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| publicationEra |
Meiji era
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surface form:
Meiji period
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