Seiwa Genji
E465865
Seiwa Genji was a prominent branch of Japan’s Minamoto samurai clan, famed as the lineage from which powerful shoguns such as Minamoto no Yoritomo emerged.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seiwa Genji canonical | 3 |
| Kawachi Genji | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4497351 — 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: Seiwa Genji Context triple: [Minamoto no Yoritomo, clan, Seiwa Genji]
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A.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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B.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Kaoru
Kaoru is a central character in the later chapters of the classic Japanese novel "The Tale of Genji," known for his gentle nature and complex romantic entanglements.
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D.
Uesugi Kenshin
Uesugi Kenshin was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō famed for his military prowess, strategic genius, and rivalry with Takeda Shingen.
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E.
Yoshitsugu
Yoshitsugu is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
- 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: Seiwa Genji Target entity description: Seiwa Genji was a prominent branch of Japan’s Minamoto samurai clan, famed as the lineage from which powerful shoguns such as Minamoto no Yoritomo emerged.
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A.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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B.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Kaoru
Kaoru is a central character in the later chapters of the classic Japanese novel "The Tale of Genji," known for his gentle nature and complex romantic entanglements.
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D.
Uesugi Kenshin
Uesugi Kenshin was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō famed for his military prowess, strategic genius, and rivalry with Takeda Shingen.
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E.
Yoshitsugu
Yoshitsugu is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese noble lineage
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samurai clan branch ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod |
Edo period
NERFINISHED
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Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakura period NERFINISHED ⓘ Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Emperor Seiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ashikaga Takauji
NERFINISHED
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Ashikaga Yoshiaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Ashikaga Yoshiakira NERFINISHED ⓘ Ashikaga Yoshimasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ashikaga Yoshimitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Ashikaga Yoshiteru NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatakeyama Masanaga NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatakeyama Mitsuie NERFINISHED ⓘ Hosokawa Fujitaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Hosokawa Katsumoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Hosokawa Tadaoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Hosokawa Yoriyuki NERFINISHED ⓘ Imagawa Yoshimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsudaira Chikatada NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsudaira Nobumitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Minamoto no Yoritomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Minamoto no Yoriyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Minamoto no Yoshiie NERFINISHED ⓘ Minamoto no Yoshimitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Minamoto no Yoshitomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nitta Yoshisada NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogasawara Nagatoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogasawara Sadamune NERFINISHED ⓘ Rokkaku Yoshikata NERFINISHED ⓘ Takeda Nobutora NERFINISHED ⓘ Takeda Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Hidetada NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Iemitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Iesada NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Yoshimune NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Yoshinobu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableShogun |
Ashikaga Takauji
NERFINISHED
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Minamoto no Yoritomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence on Japanese feudal politics
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military leadership ⓘ producing shoguns ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Emperor Seiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Minamoto clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass |
buke
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kuge ⓘ |
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: Seiwa Genji Description of subject: Seiwa Genji was a prominent branch of Japan’s Minamoto samurai clan, famed as the lineage from which powerful shoguns such as Minamoto no Yoritomo emerged.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kawachi Genji