Itagaki Taisuke
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Itagaki Taisuke was a leading 19th-century Japanese politician and liberal activist who championed constitutional government and civil rights during the Meiji era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Itagaki Taisuke canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493768 — 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: Itagaki Taisuke Context triple: [Freedom and People’s Rights Movement, notableFigure, Itagaki Taisuke]
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A.
Itagaki Seishirō
Itagaki Seishirō was a Japanese general and political figure who played a leading role in Japan’s militarist expansion in East Asia before and during World War II, later executed as a convicted war criminal.
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B.
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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C.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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D.
Masaharu Homma
Masaharu Homma was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading the invasion of the Philippines during World War II and later being held responsible for the Bataan Death March.
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E.
Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- 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: Itagaki Taisuke Target entity description: Itagaki Taisuke was a leading 19th-century Japanese politician and liberal activist who championed constitutional government and civil rights during the Meiji era.
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A.
Itagaki Seishirō
Itagaki Seishirō was a Japanese general and political figure who played a leading role in Japan’s militarist expansion in East Asia before and during World War II, later executed as a convicted war criminal.
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B.
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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C.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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D.
Masaharu Homma
Masaharu Homma was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading the invasion of the Philippines during World War II and later being held responsible for the Bataan Death March.
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E.
Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
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Meiji-era politician ⓘ human ⓘ liberal activist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
establishment of a national assembly in Japan
ⓘ
expansion of suffrage in Japan ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Gokoku-ji, Tokyo ⓘ |
| causeOfResignation | opposition to government’s Korea policy (Seikanron dispute) ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | statue in Ueno Park, Tokyo ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1837-05-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1919-07-16 ⓘ |
| domainAllegiance | Tosa Domain ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji era
ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji period
|
| familyName | Itagaki ⓘ |
| founded |
Aikoku Kōtō
ⓘ
Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Taisuke ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Count ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Japanese parliamentary democracy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | samurai ⓘ |
| movement |
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement
ⓘ
Jiyū Minken Undō ⓘ |
| name | Itagaki Taisuke self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | hakushaku ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of constitutional government in Japan
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founding early political parties in Japan ⓘ leadership in the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement ⓘ promotion of civil rights in Japan ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Meiji era
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surface form:
Meiji Restoration
|
| partOf |
Meiji oligarchy
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surface form:
Meiji oligarchy (early years)
|
| placeOfBirth |
Kōchi Prefecture
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Tosa Domain ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
constitutionalism
ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Home Minister of Japan
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member of the Genrōin ⓘ member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| resignedFrom | Meiji government in protest over foreign policy ⓘ |
| slogan |
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement
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surface form:
Liberty and People’s Rights
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| socialClass | samurai ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Itagaki Taisuke Description of subject: Itagaki Taisuke was a leading 19th-century Japanese politician and liberal activist who championed constitutional government and civil rights during the Meiji era.
Referenced by (2)
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