Toyotomi
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Toyotomi was the powerful Japanese samurai clan founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi that briefly unified Japan in the late 16th century before being overthrown by the Tokugawa shogunate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toyotomi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7318004 — 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: Toyotomi Context triple: [Toyotomi Hideyori, house, Toyotomi]
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A.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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B.
Furutaka
Furutaka was a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the interwar period and World War II.
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C.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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D.
Yamamoto
Yamamoto is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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E.
Toyotomi Hidenaga
Toyotomi Hidenaga was a prominent samurai commander and half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who played a key role in Japan’s unification during the late Sengoku period.
- 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: Toyotomi Target entity description: Toyotomi was the powerful Japanese samurai clan founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi that briefly unified Japan in the late 16th century before being overthrown by the Tokugawa shogunate.
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A.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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B.
Furutaka
Furutaka was a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the interwar period and World War II.
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C.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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D.
Yamamoto
Yamamoto is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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E.
Toyotomi Hidenaga
Toyotomi Hidenaga was a prominent samurai commander and half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who played a key role in Japan’s unification during the late Sengoku period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese clan
ⓘ
samurai clan ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Oda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Osaka Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Siege of Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContribution |
castle building
ⓘ
patronage of tea ceremony ⓘ |
| declineEvent | Battle of Sekigahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Azuchi–Momoyama period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalDefeat |
Summer Siege of Osaka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winter Siege of Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | military government ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | completed unification of Japan after Sengoku wars ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
land surveys
ⓘ
separation of warriors and peasants ⓘ sword hunt ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Buke shohatto (forerunner norms) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
Korean invasions of 1592–1598
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyushu Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Odawara Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Shizugatake
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Yamazaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Construction of Osaka Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Toyotomi Hidetsugu
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi Hideyori NERFINISHED ⓘ Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Yodo-dono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | de facto ruler of Japan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Oda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionControlled |
Kinai region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
most provinces of Japan ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
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Shinto ⓘ |
| rival |
Date clan
NERFINISHED
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Tokugawa clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uesugi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | unified most of Japan ⓘ |
| socialClass | samurai ⓘ |
| successor | Tokugawa shogunate 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: Toyotomi Description of subject: Toyotomi was the powerful Japanese samurai clan founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi that briefly unified Japan in the late 16th century before being overthrown by the Tokugawa shogunate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.