Nanbu clan
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The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nanbu clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4302775 — 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: Nanbu clan Context triple: [Morioka, historicalClan, Nanbu clan]
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A.
Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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B.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Javanshir clan
The Javanshir clan was a prominent Azerbaijani noble family that played a significant political and military role in the Karabakh region.
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D.
Uesugi clan
The Uesugi clan was a powerful samurai family in Japan, most famous for warlord Uesugi Kenshin and its influential role in the Sengoku period.
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E.
Sugawara clan
The Sugawara clan was an influential Japanese aristocratic family renowned for its scholarship and literary achievements, most famously represented by the Heian-era scholar and statesman Sugawara no Michizane.
- 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: Nanbu clan Target entity description: The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
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A.
Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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B.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Javanshir clan
The Javanshir clan was a prominent Azerbaijani noble family that played a significant political and military role in the Karabakh region.
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D.
Uesugi clan
The Uesugi clan was a powerful samurai family in Japan, most famous for warlord Uesugi Kenshin and its influential role in the Sengoku period.
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E.
Sugawara clan
The Sugawara clan was an influential Japanese aristocratic family renowned for its scholarship and literary achievements, most famously represented by the Heian-era scholar and statesman Sugawara no Michizane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese clan
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samurai clan ⓘ |
| allegiance | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancestralOrigin |
Kai Province
NERFINISHED
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Minamoto clan (Kai-Genji) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanBranch |
Hachinohe Nanbu
NERFINISHED
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Kunohe Nanbu NERFINISHED ⓘ Morioka Nanbu NERFINISHED ⓘ Shichinohe Nanbu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tono Nanbu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanShrine | Nanbu Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanTemple |
Hōon-ji
NERFINISHED
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Tōrin-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| era |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
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Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Nanbu Mitsuyuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquarters |
Morioka Castle
NERFINISHED
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Sannohe Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeIsland | Honshu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCastleTown | Morioka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainDomain | Morioka Domain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTitle | daimyō ⓘ |
| notableCulturalAspect | Nanbu-tekki ironware tradition in Morioka region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Kunohe Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Nanbu Nobunao
NERFINISHED
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Nanbu Toshihisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanbu Toshinao NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanbu Toshitomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanbu Toshiyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanbu Toshiyuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | tozama daimyō ⓘ |
| postMeijiStatus | kazoku peerage ⓘ |
| province | Mutsu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Tokugawa Ieyasu
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern Honshu ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory |
Hachinohe Domain
NERFINISHED
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Hei District NERFINISHED ⓘ Iwate District NERFINISHED ⓘ Kita District NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunohe District NERFINISHED ⓘ Morioka Domain NERFINISHED ⓘ Nukanobu District NERFINISHED ⓘ Sannohe area NERFINISHED ⓘ Shichinohe Domain NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimokita Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal areas of present-day Iwate Prefecture ⓘ parts of present-day Akita Prefecture ⓘ parts of present-day Aomori Prefecture ⓘ |
| supportedSide | Eastern Army in the Battle of Sekigahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nanbu clan Description of subject: The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morioka