Morioka Domain
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Morioka Domain was a feudal han of northern Japan’s Edo period, ruled by the Nanbu clan from its castle town of Morioka in present-day Iwate Prefecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Morioka Domain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4302774 — 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: Morioka Domain Context triple: [Morioka, historicalDomainCenter, Morioka Domain]
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Shōnai Domain
Shōnai Domain was a powerful feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, located in present-day Yamagata Prefecture and ruled by the Sakai clan, noted for its staunch support of the Tokugawa shogunate during the late 19th century.
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Nagaoka Domain
Nagaoka Domain was a feudal han of the Edo period in Japan, ruled by daimyō and centered in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
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Aizu Domain
Aizu Domain was a powerful feudal domain in Japan’s Edo period, renowned for its samurai culture, loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate, and pivotal role in the late-19th-century conflicts that led to the Meiji Restoration.
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Kagoshima Domain
Kagoshima Domain was a powerful feudal domain in southern Kyushu, Japan, centered in Satsuma and known for its leading role in the Meiji Restoration.
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Tsuwano Domain
Tsuwano Domain was a small feudal han in western Japan’s Chūgoku region during the Edo period, centered on the castle town of Tsuwano in present-day Shimane Prefecture.
- 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: Morioka Domain Target entity description: Morioka Domain was a feudal han of northern Japan’s Edo period, ruled by the Nanbu clan from its castle town of Morioka in present-day Iwate Prefecture.
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A.
Shōnai Domain
Shōnai Domain was a powerful feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, located in present-day Yamagata Prefecture and ruled by the Sakai clan, noted for its staunch support of the Tokugawa shogunate during the late 19th century.
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B.
Nagaoka Domain
Nagaoka Domain was a feudal han of the Edo period in Japan, ruled by daimyō and centered in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
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C.
Aizu Domain
Aizu Domain was a powerful feudal domain in Japan’s Edo period, renowned for its samurai culture, loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate, and pivotal role in the late-19th-century conflicts that led to the Meiji Restoration.
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D.
Kagoshima Domain
Kagoshima Domain was a powerful feudal domain in southern Kyushu, Japan, centered in Satsuma and known for its leading role in the Meiji Restoration.
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E.
Tsuwano Domain
Tsuwano Domain was a small feudal han in western Japan’s Chūgoku region during the Edo period, centered on the castle town of Tsuwano in present-day Shimane Prefecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feudal domain
ⓘ
han ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Meiji government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abolishedIn | Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeStructure | han system ⓘ |
| allegiance | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Morioka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castle | Morioka Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castleTown | Morioka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Domains of Japan
ⓘ
History of Iwate Prefecture ⓘ Nanbu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| economicBase | rice agriculture ⓘ |
| era | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | daimyo of Nanbu clan ⓘ |
| governingClan | Nanbu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Oshu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | regional power in northern Honshu ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mutsu Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Japan ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Honshu ⓘ |
| mainRiver |
Kitakami River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nakatsu River NERFINISHED ⓘ Shizukuishi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
control of northern Mutsu
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rule by Nanbu clan throughout Edo period ⓘ |
| period | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalCenter | Morioka Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | feudal system ⓘ |
| presentLocation |
Iwate Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Tohoku region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Nanbu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulingFamilyResidence | Morioka Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | tozama domain ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorEntity |
Iwate Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Morioka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfGovernment | feudal lordship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Morioka Domain Description of subject: Morioka Domain was a feudal han of northern Japan’s Edo period, ruled by the Nanbu clan from its castle town of Morioka in present-day Iwate Prefecture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morioka