Fudoki
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Fudoki is a set of early 8th-century Japanese provincial gazetteers that record local geography, culture, myths, and oral traditions in Old Japanese.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fudoki canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6124579 — 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: Fudoki Context triple: [Old Japanese, attestedInWork, Fudoki]
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A.
Kojiki
Kojiki is Japan’s oldest extant chronicle, compiling Shinto myths, legends, and early historical traditions about the origins of the Japanese islands and deities.
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B.
Rikkokushi
Rikkokushi is the collective name for Japan’s six earliest official national histories, compiled between the 8th and 9th centuries to chronicle the country’s mythic origins, imperial lineage, and early state affairs.
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C.
Nihon Shoki
Nihon Shoki is one of Japan’s oldest and most important historical chronicles, compiling myth, legend, and early imperial history in the 8th century.
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D.
Fujiwara no Shōshi
Fujiwara no Shōshi was an influential Heian-period Japanese empress consort of Emperor Ichijō and a key figure in the political dominance of the Fujiwara clan.
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E.
Yamato Monogatari
Yamato Monogatari is a 10th-century Japanese uta monogatari (poem tale) collection of waka poetry and associated prose episodes, similar in style and period to the Ise Monogatari.
- 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: Fudoki Target entity description: Fudoki is a set of early 8th-century Japanese provincial gazetteers that record local geography, culture, myths, and oral traditions in Old Japanese.
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A.
Kojiki
Kojiki is Japan’s oldest extant chronicle, compiling Shinto myths, legends, and early historical traditions about the origins of the Japanese islands and deities.
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B.
Rikkokushi
Rikkokushi is the collective name for Japan’s six earliest official national histories, compiled between the 8th and 9th centuries to chronicle the country’s mythic origins, imperial lineage, and early state affairs.
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C.
Nihon Shoki
Nihon Shoki is one of Japan’s oldest and most important historical chronicles, compiling myth, legend, and early imperial history in the 8th century.
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D.
Fujiwara no Shōshi
Fujiwara no Shōshi was an influential Heian-period Japanese empress consort of Emperor Ichijō and a key figure in the political dominance of the Fujiwara clan.
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E.
Yamato Monogatari
Yamato Monogatari is a 10th-century Japanese uta monogatari (poem tale) collection of waka poetry and associated prose episodes, similar in style and period to the Ise Monogatari.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
8th-century work
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Japanese provincial gazetteer ⓘ historical document ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Japanese imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledBy | provincial officials ⓘ |
| compiledInEra | Nara period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
agricultural information
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climate descriptions ⓘ local legends ⓘ place-name etymologies ⓘ products and resources of each province ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| covers | provinces of ancient Japan ⓘ |
| describes |
local culture
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local geography ⓘ myths ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ |
| documentType |
administrative document
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literary work ⓘ |
| field |
Japanese folklore studies
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Japanese historical geography ⓘ Japanese historiography ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnographic record
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gazetteer ⓘ geographical literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | provincial reports ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | earliest systematic record of Japanese provincial traditions ⓘ |
| includes |
Shinto shrine traditions
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local deities (kami) ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | imperial government ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic languages ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Old Japanese ⓘ |
| purpose | record provincial information for the central government ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kojiki
NERFINISHED
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Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | classical Chinese with Old Japanese elements ⓘ |
| survivingExample |
Bungo Fudoki (fragmentary)
NERFINISHED
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Harima Fudoki (fragmentary) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hitachi Fudoki (fragmentary) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hizen Fudoki (fragmentary) NERFINISHED ⓘ Izumo Fudoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 8th century ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
scholars of Old Japanese language
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scholars of Shinto mythology ⓘ scholars of regional history of Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fudoki Description of subject: Fudoki is a set of early 8th-century Japanese provincial gazetteers that record local geography, culture, myths, and oral traditions in Old Japanese.
Referenced by (1)
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