Lafcadio Hearn
E418396
Lafcadio Hearn was a writer and translator best known for his pioneering English-language collections of Japanese ghost stories and his influential accounts of Meiji-era Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lafcadio Hearn canonical | 3 |
| Patricio Lafcadio Hearn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4173535 — 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: Lafcadio Hearn Context triple: [Koizumi Yakumo, alsoKnownAs, Lafcadio Hearn]
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A.
Joseph Hardy Neesima
Joseph Hardy Neesima was a pioneering Japanese Christian educator and reformer who played a key role in introducing Western-style higher education to Japan.
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B.
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.
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C.
Frank Kawakami
Frank Kawakami is a video game industry figure best known as a founder of the game development studio Treyarch, which became prominent for its work on the Call of Duty franchise.
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D.
Junichiro Tanizaki
Junichiro Tanizaki was a major 20th-century Japanese novelist known for exploring themes of eroticism, obsession, and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern Western values in works such as "Naomi" and "The Makioka Sisters."
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E.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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: Lafcadio Hearn Target entity description: Lafcadio Hearn was a writer and translator best known for his pioneering English-language collections of Japanese ghost stories and his influential accounts of Meiji-era Japan.
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A.
Joseph Hardy Neesima
Joseph Hardy Neesima was a pioneering Japanese Christian educator and reformer who played a key role in introducing Western-style higher education to Japan.
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B.
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.
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C.
Frank Kawakami
Frank Kawakami is a video game industry figure best known as a founder of the game development studio Treyarch, which became prominent for its work on the Call of Duty franchise.
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D.
Junichiro Tanizaki
Junichiro Tanizaki was a major 20th-century Japanese novelist known for exploring themes of eroticism, obsession, and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern Western values in works such as "Naomi" and "The Makioka Sisters."
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E.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| adoptedName | Koizumi Yakumo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Koizumi Yakumo ⓘ |
| birthName |
Lafcadio Hearn
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Patricio Lafcadio Hearn
|
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Japan
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Greece ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1850-06-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1904-09-26 ⓘ |
| employer |
Kumamoto Fifth Higher Middle School
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Tokyo Imperial University NERFINISHED ⓘ Waseda University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folklore
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ghost stories ⓘ travel writing ⓘ |
| influenced | Western understanding of Japanese culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Japan
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| name | Lafcadio Hearn self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
English-language collections of Japanese ghost stories
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accounts of Meiji-era Japan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan
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In Ghostly Japan ⓘ Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation ⓘ Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life ⓘ Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ teacher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lefkada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| residence |
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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surface form:
Kobe
Kumamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsue NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ |
| spouse | Koizumi Setsu ⓘ |
| subjectOfWriting |
Japanese folklore
ⓘ
Meiji era ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji-era Japan
New Orleans culture ⓘ |
| writingLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lafcadio Hearn Description of subject: Lafcadio Hearn was a writer and translator best known for his pioneering English-language collections of Japanese ghost stories and his influential accounts of Meiji-era Japan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Koizumi Yakumo
this entity surface form:
Patricio Lafcadio Hearn