Konoe family
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The Konoe family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage that historically held high-ranking positions in the imperial court and produced influential political figures, including pre-World War II Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Konoe family canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4296001 — 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: Konoe family Context triple: [Fumimaro Konoe, nobleFamily, Konoe family]
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Iwakura family
The Iwakura family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage best known for producing Iwakura Tomomi, a key statesman in the Meiji Restoration.
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B.
Nakasone political family
The Nakasone political family is a prominent Japanese political dynasty best known for producing influential leaders such as former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and other nationally active politicians.
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C.
Higashikuni-no-miya family
The Higashikuni-no-miya family was a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family, established in the early 20th century and notable for its close ties to the main imperial line.
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D.
Takamado family
The Takamado family is a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family descended from Prince Takamado, known for its active engagement in cultural, charitable, and international goodwill activities.
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E.
Kujō family
The Kujō family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage that formed one of the five regent houses historically supplying regents and consorts to the imperial court.
- 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: Konoe family Target entity description: The Konoe family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage that historically held high-ranking positions in the imperial court and produced influential political figures, including pre-World War II Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
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A.
Iwakura family
The Iwakura family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage best known for producing Iwakura Tomomi, a key statesman in the Meiji Restoration.
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B.
Nakasone political family
The Nakasone political family is a prominent Japanese political dynasty best known for producing influential leaders such as former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and other nationally active politicians.
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C.
Higashikuni-no-miya family
The Higashikuni-no-miya family was a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family, established in the early 20th century and notable for its close ties to the main imperial line.
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D.
Takamado family
The Takamado family is a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family descended from Prince Takamado, known for its active engagement in cultural, charitable, and international goodwill activities.
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E.
Kujō family
The Kujō family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage that formed one of the five regent houses historically supplying regents and consorts to the imperial court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese noble family
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court noble lineage ⓘ kuge family ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Imperial Court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOf | Northern Fujiwara lineage of regent houses ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasAncestralOrigin | Fujiwara no Tadamichi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldOfficeType |
Daijō-daijin (Chancellor of the Realm)
NERFINISHED
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Kampaku (regent for an adult emperor) ⓘ Sesshō (regent for a child emperor) ⓘ |
| historicalInfluence |
imperial court politics
ⓘ
pre-modern Japanese government ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfProminence |
Edo period
NERFINISHED
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Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakura period NERFINISHED ⓘ Meiji period NERFINISHED ⓘ Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ Taishō period NERFINISHED ⓘ early Shōwa period ⓘ |
| nobleRank | kazoku (under Meiji nobility system) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fujiwara clan
NERFINISHED
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Sekke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignmentOfNotableMember | Fumimaro Konoe was a pre–World War II Japanese Prime Minister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedMember |
Fumimaro Konoe
NERFINISHED
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Konoe Atsumaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Fumitaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Hidemaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Hisatsugu NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Iehisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Iemoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Iezane NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Kanetsune NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Motohiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Motomichi NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Motosaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Nobuhiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Sakihisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Tadaatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Tadafusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Tadahiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Tadatsugu NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Tadatsune NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Taneie NERFINISHED ⓘ Konoe Uchisaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedPrimeMinister | Fumimaro Konoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedFamilies |
Ichijō family
NERFINISHED
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Kujō family NERFINISHED ⓘ Nijō family NERFINISHED ⓘ Takatsukasa family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | kuge ⓘ |
| traditionalRole |
court nobility
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regent house ⓘ |
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: Konoe family Description of subject: The Konoe family is a prominent Japanese kuge (court noble) lineage that historically held high-ranking positions in the imperial court and produced influential political figures, including pre-World War II Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.