Battle of Kanegasaki (1189)
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The Battle of Kanegasaki (1189) was a late Heian-period conflict in northern Japan, fought during Minamoto no Yoritomo’s campaign to destroy the remaining Fujiwara power in the Tōhoku region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Kanegasaki (1189) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6447358 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Kanegasaki (1189) Context triple: [Kanegasaki, Iwate, Japan, hasHistoricalEvent, Battle of Kanegasaki (1189)]
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Battle of Uji (1180)
The Battle of Uji (1180) was an early and pivotal clash between the Taira and Minamoto clans that helped ignite the broader Genpei War in late Heian-period Japan.
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Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani was a pivotal 1184 clash in Japan’s Genpei War in which Minamoto forces routed the Taira clan by attacking their coastal fortress from both land and sea.
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C.
Battle of Asakai
The Battle of Asakai was a massive, player-driven space conflict in the MMORPG EVE Online that became famous for its scale, unexpected escalation, and significant in-game economic impact.
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D.
Battle of Shiroyama
The Battle of Shiroyama was the climactic 1877 clash in which Saigō Takamori’s samurai forces were decisively defeated by the modern Imperial Japanese Army, symbolizing the end of the samurai era in Japan.
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E.
Battle of Ishibashiyama
The Battle of Ishibashiyama was an early and ultimately unsuccessful engagement in 1180 in which Minamoto no Yoritomo first raised arms against the Taira clan during Japan’s Genpei War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Kanegasaki (1189) Target entity description: The Battle of Kanegasaki (1189) was a late Heian-period conflict in northern Japan, fought during Minamoto no Yoritomo’s campaign to destroy the remaining Fujiwara power in the Tōhoku region.
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A.
Battle of Uji (1180)
The Battle of Uji (1180) was an early and pivotal clash between the Taira and Minamoto clans that helped ignite the broader Genpei War in late Heian-period Japan.
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B.
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani was a pivotal 1184 clash in Japan’s Genpei War in which Minamoto forces routed the Taira clan by attacking their coastal fortress from both land and sea.
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C.
Battle of Asakai
The Battle of Asakai was a massive, player-driven space conflict in the MMORPG EVE Online that became famous for its scale, unexpected escalation, and significant in-game economic impact.
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D.
Battle of Shiroyama
The Battle of Shiroyama was the climactic 1877 clash in which Saigō Takamori’s samurai forces were decisively defeated by the modern Imperial Japanese Army, symbolizing the end of the samurai era in Japan.
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E.
Battle of Ishibashiyama
The Battle of Ishibashiyama was an early and ultimately unsuccessful engagement in 1180 in which Minamoto no Yoritomo first raised arms against the Taira clan during Japan’s Genpei War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict ⓘ |
| associatedWith | rise of the Kamakura shogunate ⓘ |
| attacker | Minamoto no Yoritomo’s army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Northern Fujiwara forces
NERFINISHED
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forces of Minamoto no Yoritomo ⓘ |
| campaignObjective | destruction of remaining Fujiwara power in Tōhoku ⓘ |
| combatantsSide1 | Kamakura-based Minamoto forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatantsSide2 | retainers of the Northern Fujiwara ⓘ |
| commander | Minamoto no Yoritomo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | siege ⓘ |
| consequence | further weakening of Fujiwara power in Tōhoku ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| date | 1189 ⓘ |
| defender | Fujiwara stronghold at Kanegasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late Heian period ⓘ |
| followedBy | final collapse of Northern Fujiwara rule in Ōshū ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 12th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kanegasaki
NERFINISHED
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Mutsu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Tōhoku region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Japan ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Ōshū region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Minamoto no Yoritomo’s Ōshū campaign
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campaign against the Northern Fujiwara ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier engagements in Yoritomo’s Ōshū campaign ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Minamoto clan
NERFINISHED
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Northern Fujiwara NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōshū Fujiwara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
defeat of the Northern Fujiwara at Kanegasaki
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victory for Minamoto no Yoritomo ⓘ |
| significance | helped consolidate Minamoto no Yoritomo’s control over northern Japan ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Kanegasaki (1189) Description of subject: The Battle of Kanegasaki (1189) was a late Heian-period conflict in northern Japan, fought during Minamoto no Yoritomo’s campaign to destroy the remaining Fujiwara power in the Tōhoku region.
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