Forty-seven Ronin incident
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The Forty-seven Ronin incident is a famous early 18th-century Japanese tale of samurai loyalty and revenge, in which a group of masterless warriors avenged their lord’s forced seppuku before themselves facing execution.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Forty-seven rōnin | 3 |
| Forty-seven Ronin incident canonical | 1 |
| Forty-seven Rōnin | 1 |
| Forty-seven Rōnin revenge of 1702 | 1 |
| the forty-seven rōnin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5877741 — 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: Forty-seven Ronin incident Context triple: [Ako, associatedWithEvent, Forty-seven Ronin incident]
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A.
Incident at Honnō-ji
Incident at Honnō-ji was the 1582 coup in Kyoto in which the warlord Oda Nobunaga was betrayed and forced to commit suicide, dramatically altering the course of Japan’s unification.
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B.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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C.
Musha Incident
The Musha Incident was a 1930 uprising by Indigenous Seediq people against Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, marked by a violent attack on Japanese settlers and a brutal military crackdown in response.
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D.
Akizuki Rebellion
The Akizuki Rebellion was an 1876 samurai uprising in Akizuki, Japan, protesting the Meiji government's rapid modernization and loss of traditional samurai privileges.
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E.
Blade of the 47 Ronin
Blade of the 47 Ronin is a modern action-fantasy film that continues the samurai-themed story of the original 47 Ronin with a contemporary, supernatural twist.
- 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: Forty-seven Ronin incident Target entity description: The Forty-seven Ronin incident is a famous early 18th-century Japanese tale of samurai loyalty and revenge, in which a group of masterless warriors avenged their lord’s forced seppuku before themselves facing execution.
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A.
Incident at Honnō-ji
Incident at Honnō-ji was the 1582 coup in Kyoto in which the warlord Oda Nobunaga was betrayed and forced to commit suicide, dramatically altering the course of Japan’s unification.
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B.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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C.
Musha Incident
The Musha Incident was a 1930 uprising by Indigenous Seediq people against Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, marked by a violent attack on Japanese settlers and a brutal military crackdown in response.
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D.
Akizuki Rebellion
The Akizuki Rebellion was an 1876 samurai uprising in Akizuki, Japan, protesting the Meiji government's rapid modernization and loss of traditional samurai privileges.
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E.
Blade of the 47 Ronin
Blade of the 47 Ronin is a modern action-fantasy film that continues the samurai-themed story of the original 47 Ronin with a contemporary, supernatural twist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edo-period incident
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Japanese cultural legend ⓘ historical event ⓘ samurai revenge tale ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Akō incident
NERFINISHED
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Akō vendetta NERFINISHED ⓘ Chūshingura (in dramatized form) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Sengaku-ji temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | December 14 (traditional observances at Sengaku-ji) ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endTime | 1703 ⓘ |
| follows | conflict between Asano Naganori and Kira Yoshinaka ⓘ |
| genre | jidaigeki source story ⓘ |
| hasCause | insult and provocation of Asano Naganori by Kira Yoshinaka ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequent subject of Japanese literature
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frequent subject of bunraku puppet plays ⓘ frequent subject of films ⓘ frequent subject of kabuki theatre ⓘ symbol of samurai loyalty in Japan ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
confiscation of Akō Domain
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execution by seppuku of Asano Naganori ⓘ ronin status of Asano retainers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
attack on Kira Yoshinaka’s mansion
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forced seppuku of Asano Naganori ⓘ seppuku of the forty-seven rōnin ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | based on real events ⓘ |
| legalConsequence | shogunate-ordered seppuku of the rōnin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Akō Domain
NERFINISHED
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Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bushidō
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honor ⓘ loyalty ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | graves and statues at Sengaku-ji ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
conflict between loyalty and law
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duty to lord versus duty to shogunate ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipants | 47 rōnin ⓘ |
| outcome |
death of Kira Yoshinaka
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ordered seppuku of the forty-seven rōnin ⓘ |
| participant |
Asano Naganori
NERFINISHED
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Kira Yoshinaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōishi Yoshio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Chūshingura bunraku plays
NERFINISHED
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Chūshingura kabuki plays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | raid on Kira residence in Edo ⓘ |
| startTime | 1701 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Forty-seven Ronin incident Description of subject: The Forty-seven Ronin incident is a famous early 18th-century Japanese tale of samurai loyalty and revenge, in which a group of masterless warriors avenged their lord’s forced seppuku before themselves facing execution.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sengaku-ji
this entity surface form:
Forty-seven Rōnin
subject surface form:
Sengaku-ji
this entity surface form:
Forty-seven Rōnin revenge of 1702
this entity surface form:
the forty-seven rōnin