The Decay of the Angel
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The Decay of the Angel is the final novel in Yukio Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy, exploring themes of beauty, corruption, and spiritual decline in postwar Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Decay of the Angel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8090542 — 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: The Decay of the Angel Context triple: [Yukio Mishima, notableWork, The Decay of the Angel]
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A.
The Trouble with Angels
The Trouble with Angels is a 1966 comedy film about two mischievous girls at a Catholic boarding school, starring Hayley Mills and directed by Ida Lupino.
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B.
The Angel
The Angel is an electronic music producer and DJ known for crafting atmospheric, dance-oriented tracks featured in underground club culture and film soundtracks.
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C.
The Angel
The Angel is a historic British inn and public house, often noted for its traditional architecture and role as a local social and lodging landmark.
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The Angel
"The Angel" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.," noted for its poetic lyrics and reflective, piano-driven style.
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The Necessary Angel
The Necessary Angel is a collection of essays by American modernist poet Wallace Stevens that explores the role of imagination and poetry in shaping reality and human experience.
- 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: The Decay of the Angel Target entity description: The Decay of the Angel is the final novel in Yukio Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy, exploring themes of beauty, corruption, and spiritual decline in postwar Japan.
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A.
The Trouble with Angels
The Trouble with Angels is a 1966 comedy film about two mischievous girls at a Catholic boarding school, starring Hayley Mills and directed by Ida Lupino.
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B.
The Angel
The Angel is a historic British inn and public house, often noted for its traditional architecture and role as a local social and lodging landmark.
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C.
The Angel
The Angel is an electronic music producer and DJ known for crafting atmospheric, dance-oriented tracks featured in underground club culture and film soundtracks.
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D.
The Angel
"The Angel" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.," noted for its poetic lyrics and reflective, piano-driven style.
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E.
The Necessary Angel
The Necessary Angel is a collection of essays by American modernist poet Wallace Stevens that explores the role of imagination and poetry in shaping reality and human experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Yukio Mishima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludesCharacterArcOf | Shigekuni Honda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludesSeries | The Sea of Fertility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Tōru Yasunaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Temple of Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | true ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Shigekuni Honda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleMotif | angels as symbols of beauty and decay ⓘ |
| isFinalWorkInSeries | true ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| linkedToAuthorBiography | written shortly before Yukio Mishima's death ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Shigekuni Honda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableEnglishTranslator | Edward G. Seidensticker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Tennin Gosui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 250 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Sea of Fertility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| publisher | Shinchosha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumberOfParts | 4 ⓘ |
| seriesPrecededBy |
Runaway Horses
NERFINISHED
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Spring Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temple of Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesTheme |
collision of tradition and modernity
ⓘ
cyclical reincarnation ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ decadence ⓘ impermanence ⓘ mortality ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ spiritual decline ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Decay of the Angel Description of subject: The Decay of the Angel is the final novel in Yukio Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy, exploring themes of beauty, corruption, and spiritual decline in postwar Japan.
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