Ikkyū Sōjun
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Ikkyū Sōjun was a 15th-century Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet famed for his iconoclastic behavior, irreverent verse, and influential role in shaping later Zen culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ikkyū Sōjun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9119423 — 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: Ikkyū Sōjun Context triple: [Japanese Buddhism, associatedWith, Ikkyū Sōjun]
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Sesshū Tōyō
Sesshū Tōyō was a preeminent Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and ink painter renowned for his powerful monochrome landscapes and profound influence on the development of Japanese ink painting.
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B.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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C.
Furuta Oribe
Furuta Oribe was a prominent late Sengoku and early Edo period Japanese daimyō and tea master who developed a distinctive, more decorative style of chanoyu and ceramics known as Oribe ware.
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D.
Sen Dōan
Sen Dōan was a Japanese tea master of the Sen family lineage, known as a son of Sen no Rikyū who helped continue and transmit his father's influential wabi-cha tea ceremony tradition.
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E.
Hara Sankei
Hara Sankei was a Japanese businessman and art patron best known for creating and developing the historic Sankeien Garden in Yokohama.
- 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: Ikkyū Sōjun Target entity description: Ikkyū Sōjun was a 15th-century Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet famed for his iconoclastic behavior, irreverent verse, and influential role in shaping later Zen culture.
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A.
Sesshū Tōyō
Sesshū Tōyō was a preeminent Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and ink painter renowned for his powerful monochrome landscapes and profound influence on the development of Japanese ink painting.
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B.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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C.
Furuta Oribe
Furuta Oribe was a prominent late Sengoku and early Edo period Japanese daimyō and tea master who developed a distinctive, more decorative style of chanoyu and ceramics known as Oribe ware.
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D.
Sen Dōan
Sen Dōan was a Japanese tea master of the Sen family lineage, known as a son of Sen no Rikyū who helped continue and transmit his father's influential wabi-cha tea ceremony tradition.
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E.
Hara Sankei
Hara Sankei was a Japanese businessman and art patron best known for creating and developing the historic Sankeien Garden in Yokohama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
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Japanese person ⓘ Zen Buddhist monk ⓘ historical figure ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| birthName | Sōjun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| criticized |
formalism in Zen institutions
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hypocrisy in Buddhist clergy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Muromachi-period Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese-style kanshi poetry
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Zen poetry ⓘ waka ⓘ |
| givenName | Sōjun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
eccentric Zen master
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iconoclast within Rinzai Zen ⓘ |
| honorificName | Ikkyū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Zen poetry tradition
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later Japanese Zen aesthetics ⓘ tea culture aesthetics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with artists and commoners
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unconventional teaching methods ⓘ wandering lifestyle ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Classical Chinese
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Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 一休宗純 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | ja ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of monastic corruption
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erotic and satirical poetry ⓘ iconoclastic behavior ⓘ influence on later Zen culture ⓘ irreverent verse ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist monk
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calligrapher ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
direct experience of enlightenment
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impermanence ⓘ non-duality ⓘ |
| practiced |
calligraphy
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meditation ⓘ poetic composition ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Rinzai Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Rinzai school of Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ikkyū Sōjun Description of subject: Ikkyū Sōjun was a 15th-century Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet famed for his iconoclastic behavior, irreverent verse, and influential role in shaping later Zen culture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.