Kume Kunitake
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Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kume Kunitake canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493694 — 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: Kume Kunitake Context triple: [Iwakura Mission, participant, Kume Kunitake]
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A.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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B.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Mutaguchi Renya
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general best known for commanding the ill-fated Imphal offensive in Burma during World War II.
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E.
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi was a Japanese statesman of the early Meiji era who took part in Japan’s modernization efforts, including its landmark diplomatic and study tour abroad.
- 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: Kume Kunitake Target entity description: Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.
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A.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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B.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Mutaguchi Renya
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general best known for commanding the ill-fated Imphal offensive in Burma during World War II.
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E.
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi was a Japanese statesman of the early Meiji era who took part in Japan’s modernization efforts, including its landmark diplomatic and study tour abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Meiji-era intellectual
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ scholar ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | history ⓘ |
| authorOf | Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1839 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1931 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kaisei Academy
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surface form:
Kangien academy
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| employer |
University of Tokyo
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surface form:
Tokyo Imperial University
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| era |
Meiji era
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surface form:
Meiji period
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| fieldOfWork |
Japanese history
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historiography ⓘ history ⓘ modernization of Japan ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| ideologicalStance |
advocate of modernization
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critic of State Shinto as national ideology ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Japanese historiography ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Western historical scholarship ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critical views on State Shinto
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documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey ⓘ writings on Japan’s modernization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| livedIn | Tokyo ⓘ |
| memberOf | Iwakura Mission ⓘ |
| movement |
Meiji era
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surface form:
Meiji Enlightenment
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| name | Kume Kunitake self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 久米邦武 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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professor at Tokyo Imperial University ⓘ scholar ⓘ statesman ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Iwakura Mission
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surface form:
Iwakura Mission to the United States and Europe
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| placeOfBirth |
Hizen Province
NERFINISHED
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Saga Domain ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| positionHeld | official historian of the Iwakura Mission ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | chronicler of the Iwakura Mission ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Western education systems
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Western political systems ⓘ comparative civilization ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kume Kunitake Description of subject: Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.