Kitasato Shibasaburō
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Kitasato Shibasaburō was a pioneering Japanese physician and bacteriologist renowned for co-discovering the infectious agent of bubonic plague and advancing serum therapy and immunology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitasato Shibasaburō canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10806689 — 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: Kitasato Shibasaburō Context triple: [Kitasato Institute, namedAfter, Kitasato Shibasaburō]
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A.
Haruhiko Kuroda
Haruhiko Kuroda is a Japanese economist and former Governor of the Bank of Japan known for his aggressive monetary easing policies that supported Shinzo Abe’s economic program.
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B.
Iwakura Ushijima
Iwakura Ushijima is a notable individual distinguished by bearing the Japanese surname Ushijima.
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C.
Kakuei Tanaka
Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
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D.
Yoshida Shigeru
Yoshida Shigeru was a prominent Japanese diplomat and postwar prime minister who played a key role in Japan’s recovery and alignment with the West after World War II.
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E.
Shigenori Kuroda
Shigenori Kuroda was a Japanese general who served as the military governor of the Philippines during World War II.
- 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: Kitasato Shibasaburō Target entity description: Kitasato Shibasaburō was a pioneering Japanese physician and bacteriologist renowned for co-discovering the infectious agent of bubonic plague and advancing serum therapy and immunology.
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A.
Haruhiko Kuroda
Haruhiko Kuroda is a Japanese economist and former Governor of the Bank of Japan known for his aggressive monetary easing policies that supported Shinzo Abe’s economic program.
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B.
Iwakura Ushijima
Iwakura Ushijima is a notable individual distinguished by bearing the Japanese surname Ushijima.
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C.
Kakuei Tanaka
Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
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D.
Yoshida Shigeru
Yoshida Shigeru was a prominent Japanese diplomat and postwar prime minister who played a key role in Japan’s recovery and alignment with the West after World War II.
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E.
Shigenori Kuroda
Shigenori Kuroda was a Japanese general who served as the military governor of the Philippines during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacteriologist
ⓘ
human ⓘ medical researcher ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Culture (Japan)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Sacred Treasure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDiscovererOf |
Yersinia pestis
NERFINISHED
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bubonic plague bacillus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1853-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1931-06-13 ⓘ |
| discovered | tetanus bacillus in pure culture ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Robert Koch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tokyo Medical School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Institute for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji era
ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji period
Taishō period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Kitasato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bacteriology
ⓘ
immunology ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ |
| founded |
Kitasato Institute
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kitasato Institute for Infectious Diseases NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Shibasaburō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | university professor ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Japanese public health
ⓘ
subsequent generations of Japanese microbiologists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Robert Koch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovery of the causative agent of bubonic plague
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development of serum therapy ⓘ founding modern bacteriology in Japan ⓘ isolation of Yersinia pestis ⓘ research on diphtheria antitoxin ⓘ research on tetanus ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Imperial Academy of Science of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | germ theory of disease NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Kitasato Shibasaburō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Sahachiro Hata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Oguni, Higo Province, Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Oguni, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Institute for Infectious Diseases ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
co-isolated plague bacillus during Hong Kong plague outbreak in 1894
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developed antitoxin therapy for diphtheria ⓘ developed antitoxin therapy for tetanus ⓘ isolated tetanus bacillus in pure culture in 1889 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin, German Empire
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Kitasato Shibasaburō Description of subject: Kitasato Shibasaburō was a pioneering Japanese physician and bacteriologist renowned for co-discovering the infectious agent of bubonic plague and advancing serum therapy and immunology.
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