Five Women Who Loved Love
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Five Women Who Loved Love is a classic 17th-century Japanese story collection by Ihara Saikaku that portrays the romantic and often tragic lives of women in the pleasure quarters of Edo-period Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Five Women Who Loved Love canonical | 1 |
| Five Women Who Loved Love: Amorous Tales from 17th-Century Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4138552 — 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: Five Women Who Loved Love Context triple: [Ihara Saikaku, notableWork, Five Women Who Loved Love]
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A.
The Man Who Loved Women
The Man Who Loved Women is a 1977 French romantic comedy film directed by François Truffaut about a compulsive womanizer whose life and relationships are recounted after his death.
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B.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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C.
The Invention of Love
The Invention of Love is a play by Tom Stoppard that explores the life, unrequited love, and intellectual legacy of poet and scholar A. E. Housman through a blend of biography, fantasy, and classical allusion.
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D.
The Thing About Love
"The Thing About Love" is a pop ballad by Christina Aguilera from her 2007 album *Back to Basics*, showcasing her soulful vocals and reflective lyrics about the complexities of love.
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E.
Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses is a 1937 American comedy film best known for featuring comedian Bert Lahr in an early screen role.
- 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: Five Women Who Loved Love Target entity description: Five Women Who Loved Love is a classic 17th-century Japanese story collection by Ihara Saikaku that portrays the romantic and often tragic lives of women in the pleasure quarters of Edo-period Japan.
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A.
The Man Who Loved Women
The Man Who Loved Women is a 1977 French romantic comedy film directed by François Truffaut about a compulsive womanizer whose life and relationships are recounted after his death.
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B.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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C.
The Invention of Love
The Invention of Love is a play by Tom Stoppard that explores the life, unrequited love, and intellectual legacy of poet and scholar A. E. Housman through a blend of biography, fantasy, and classical allusion.
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D.
The Thing About Love
"The Thing About Love" is a pop ballad by Christina Aguilera from her 2007 album *Back to Basics*, showcasing her soulful vocals and reflective lyrics about the complexities of love.
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E.
Love and Hisses
Love and Hisses is a 1937 American comedy film best known for featuring comedian Bert Lahr in an early screen role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese literature work
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short story collection ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | stage works ⓘ |
| author | Ihara Saikaku ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
adultery
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romantic love ⓘ social constraints ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | classic of early modern Japanese fiction ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
erotic literature
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romantic fiction ⓘ ukiyo-zōshi ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
Ihara Saikaku was a haikai poet
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Ihara Saikaku was a prose writer ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitleVariant |
Five Women Who Loved Love
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surface form:
Five Women Who Loved Love: Amorous Tales from 17th-Century Japan
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| influenced | later Japanese popular fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | ukiyo-e culture ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | women ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | lives of women in pleasure quarters ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays |
erotic and romantic relationships
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merchant-class society ⓘ moral consequences of passion ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| setting |
pleasure quarters
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urban Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Five Women Who Loved Love Description of subject: Five Women Who Loved Love is a classic 17th-century Japanese story collection by Ihara Saikaku that portrays the romantic and often tragic lives of women in the pleasure quarters of Edo-period Japan.
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Five Women Who Loved Love
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Five Women Who Loved Love
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Five Women Who Loved Love: Amorous Tales from 17th-Century Japan