Maeda Toshiie
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Maeda Toshiie was a prominent Sengoku-period samurai and daimyo who rose from Oda Nobunaga’s retainer to become the powerful lord of Kaga Province and head of the influential Maeda clan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maeda Toshiie canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7416258 — 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: Maeda Toshiie Context triple: [Maeda clan, notableMember, Maeda Toshiie]
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Katō Kiyomasa
Katō Kiyomasa was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō and military leader renowned for his fierce samurai discipline, castle-building expertise, and major role in Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s campaigns, including the invasions of Korea.
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B.
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari was a prominent late Sengoku-period samurai and daimyō who led the Western Army against Tokugawa Ieyasu in the decisive Battle of Sekigahara, ultimately paving the way for the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Kuroda Nagamasa
Kuroda Nagamasa was a prominent late Sengoku and early Edo period Japanese daimyō, known for his military leadership, political acumen, and role in consolidating Tokugawa power.
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D.
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen was a powerful and renowned daimyo of Japan’s Sengoku period, famed for his military prowess, strategic acumen, and leadership of the Takeda clan in central Japan.
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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: Maeda Toshiie Target entity description: Maeda Toshiie was a prominent Sengoku-period samurai and daimyo who rose from Oda Nobunaga’s retainer to become the powerful lord of Kaga Province and head of the influential Maeda clan.
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A.
Katō Kiyomasa
Katō Kiyomasa was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō and military leader renowned for his fierce samurai discipline, castle-building expertise, and major role in Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s campaigns, including the invasions of Korea.
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B.
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari was a prominent late Sengoku-period samurai and daimyō who led the Western Army against Tokugawa Ieyasu in the decisive Battle of Sekigahara, ultimately paving the way for the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Kuroda Nagamasa
Kuroda Nagamasa was a prominent late Sengoku and early Edo period Japanese daimyō, known for his military leadership, political acumen, and role in consolidating Tokugawa power.
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D.
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen was a powerful and renowned daimyo of Japan’s Sengoku period, famed for his military prowess, strategic acumen, and leadership of the Takeda clan in central Japan.
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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese historical figure
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Sengoku-period samurai ⓘ daimyo ⓘ samurai ⓘ |
| allyOf | Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kanazawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Owari Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1538 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nodayama Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Maeda Toshinaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clan | Maeda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Fushimi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1599 ⓘ |
| domain |
Kaga Domain
NERFINISHED
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Kaga Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
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Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Maeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Maeda Toshimasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalRank | tozama daimyo ⓘ |
| givenName | Toshiie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOf | Maeda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Maeda family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs | Toshiie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
governing a large and wealthy domain in Kaga
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supporting Toyotomi Hideyoshi after Oda Nobunaga’s death ⓘ |
| lord | Oda Nobunaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Oda clan
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Maeda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | general ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Oda clan
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the wealthiest daimyo of the late Sengoku period
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rising from Oda Nobunaga’s retainer to powerful daimyo ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Nagashino
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Shizugatake NERFINISHED ⓘ Odawara Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Maeda Toshimasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | daimyo ⓘ |
| region | Hokuriku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| retainerOf | Oda Nobunaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Oda Nobunaga
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Maeda Matsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Maeda Toshinaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Lord of Kaga Province ⓘ |
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: Maeda Toshiie Description of subject: Maeda Toshiie was a prominent Sengoku-period samurai and daimyo who rose from Oda Nobunaga’s retainer to become the powerful lord of Kaga Province and head of the influential Maeda clan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.