Kaei
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Kaei was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the late Edo period, notable for encompassing events such as the arrival of Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan to the West.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kaei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6897238 — 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: Kaei Context triple: [Emperor Kōmei, eraNameUsedDuringReign, Kaei]
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A.
Kaiten
Kaiten was a Japanese warship that took part in the late-19th-century Boshin War naval engagements, including the Battle of Hakodate.
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B.
Kanka
Kanka is an alternative name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central figure in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his righteousness and adherence to dharma.
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C.
Kasada
Kasada is a traditional Hindu ritual and festival observed by the Tenggerese people of East Java, Indonesia, involving offerings cast into the crater of Mount Bromo.
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D.
Kudawa
Kudawa is a village in Sri Lanka that serves as a primary gateway for visitors entering the Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
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E.
Kadina
Kadina is a historic copper mining town and one of the main commercial centers on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.
- 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: Kaei Target entity description: Kaei was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the late Edo period, notable for encompassing events such as the arrival of Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan to the West.
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A.
Kaiten
Kaiten was a Japanese warship that took part in the late-19th-century Boshin War naval engagements, including the Battle of Hakodate.
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B.
Kanka
Kanka is an alternative name for Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers and a central figure in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his righteousness and adherence to dharma.
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C.
Kasada
Kasada is a traditional Hindu ritual and festival observed by the Tenggerese people of East Java, Indonesia, involving offerings cast into the crater of Mount Bromo.
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D.
Kudawa
Kudawa is a village in Sri Lanka that serves as a primary gateway for visitors entering the Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
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E.
Kadina
Kadina is a historic copper mining town and one of the main commercial centers on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese era name
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nengō ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early stages of Japan’s end of isolation (sakoku)
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late Tokugawa foreign policy changes ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar Japanese calendar ⓘ |
| capital | Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrder |
after Tenpō and Kōka eras
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before Ansei era ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endTime |
1854
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Ansei 1, 11th month ⓘ |
| eraNameFor | Emperor Kōmei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraSystem | Japanese nengō system ⓘ |
| follows | Kōka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Japanese archipelago ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| namedAfter | “eternal felicity” (meaning of the characters 嘉永) ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Perry’s first visit to Uraga near Edo in 1853
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Perry’s second visit to Japan in 1854 ⓘ arrival of Commodore Matthew C. Perry in Japan ⓘ increasing foreign pressure on the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ opening of Japan to the West ⓘ signing of the Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ |
| period | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInTime | late Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Ansei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanization | Ka’ei ⓘ |
| script | kanji ⓘ |
| startTime |
1848
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Kōka 5, 4th month ⓘ |
| transliteration | 嘉永 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
dating years in Japan
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official documents of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Kaei Description of subject: Kaei was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the late Edo period, notable for encompassing events such as the arrival of Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan to the West.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.