Nagako
E471498
Nagako, better known as Empress Kōjun, was the long-serving consort of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nagako canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4798490 — 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: Nagako Context triple: [Tama no Higashi no Misasagi, burialPlaceOf, Nagako]
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A.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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B.
Masako
Masako is the Empress of Japan, a former diplomat and Harvard-educated member of the Imperial House known for her international background and public role.
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C.
Shigeko
Shigeko is a Japanese feminine given name that has been borne by various notable women, including members of the imperial family.
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D.
Tsutako
Tsutako is a Japanese given name, most notably borne by Tsutako Nakasone.
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E.
Kazuko
Kazuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women, including members of the imperial family.
- 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: Nagako Target entity description: Nagako, better known as Empress Kōjun, was the long-serving consort of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan.
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A.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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B.
Masako
Masako is the Empress of Japan, a former diplomat and Harvard-educated member of the Imperial House known for her international background and public role.
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C.
Shigeko
Shigeko is a Japanese feminine given name that has been borne by various notable women, including members of the imperial family.
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D.
Tsutako
Tsutako is a Japanese given name, most notably borne by Tsutako Nakasone.
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E.
Kazuko
Kazuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women, including members of the imperial family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
empress consort of Japan
ⓘ
female ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Japanese imperial family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Empress Kōjun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Empress Kōjun of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kōjun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1903-03-06 ⓘ |
| birthName | Princess Nagako NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationDate | 1928-11-10 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2000-06-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Shōwa period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kuni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Nagako NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Kuni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial House of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Chikako, Princess Kuni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Akihito
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emperor Emeritus Akihito NERFINISHED ⓘ Masahito, Prince Hitachi NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Chichibu (by marriage, sister-in-law, not mother) ⓘ Prince Hitachi NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Atsuko NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Kazuko NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Shigeko NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Takako NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the long-serving consort of Emperor Shōwa
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being the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Emperor Emeritus Akihito
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emperor Naruhito NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Shōwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Taishō NERFINISHED ⓘ Empress Teimei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Empress consort of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignAsEmpressConsortEnd | 1989 ⓘ |
| reignAsEmpressConsortStart | 1926 ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| spouse |
Emperor Shōwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hirohito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Crown Princess of Japan
NERFINISHED
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Empress Dowager of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Empress of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Nagako Description of subject: Nagako, better known as Empress Kōjun, was the long-serving consort of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.