Lord Yoshii Toranaga
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Lord Yoshii Toranaga is the powerful, politically astute daimyo who serves as the central figure in James Clavell’s novel (and its adaptations) about feudal Japan’s struggle for supreme rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toranaga | 3 |
| Lord Yoshii Toranaga canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11152402 — 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: Lord Yoshii Toranaga Context triple: [Shogun, leadCharacter, Lord Yoshii Toranaga]
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Mōri Terumoto
Mōri Terumoto was a powerful late-Sengoku and early Edo period daimyō who led the Mōri clan, served as one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s council of Five Elders, and later became the feudal lord of the Chōshū region.
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B.
Azai Nagamasa
Azai Nagamasa was a Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō known for his alliance and later conflict with Oda Nobunaga, as well as for being the husband of Nobunaga’s sister Oichi.
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C.
Kuroda Nagamasa
Kuroda Nagamasa was a prominent late Sengoku and early Edo period Japanese daimyō, known for his military leadership, political acumen, and role in consolidating Tokugawa power.
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D.
Ōmura Sumitada
Ōmura Sumitada was a 16th-century Japanese daimyō known as one of the first Christian feudal lords in Japan and for opening Nagasaki as a major port and center of Catholic missionary activity.
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E.
Mōri Motonari
Mōri Motonari was a prominent Sengoku-period daimyō renowned for unifying and expanding the Mōri clan’s power in western Japan through strategic warfare and diplomacy.
- 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: Lord Yoshii Toranaga Target entity description: Lord Yoshii Toranaga is the powerful, politically astute daimyo who serves as the central figure in James Clavell’s novel (and its adaptations) about feudal Japan’s struggle for supreme rule.
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A.
Mōri Terumoto
Mōri Terumoto was a powerful late-Sengoku and early Edo period daimyō who led the Mōri clan, served as one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s council of Five Elders, and later became the feudal lord of the Chōshū region.
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B.
Azai Nagamasa
Azai Nagamasa was a Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō known for his alliance and later conflict with Oda Nobunaga, as well as for being the husband of Nobunaga’s sister Oichi.
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C.
Kuroda Nagamasa
Kuroda Nagamasa was a prominent late Sengoku and early Edo period Japanese daimyō, known for his military leadership, political acumen, and role in consolidating Tokugawa power.
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D.
Ōmura Sumitada
Ōmura Sumitada was a 16th-century Japanese daimyō known as one of the first Christian feudal lords in Japan and for opening Nagasaki as a major port and center of Catholic missionary activity.
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E.
Mōri Motonari
Mōri Motonari was a prominent Sengoku-period daimyō renowned for unifying and expanding the Mōri clan’s power in western Japan through strategic warfare and diplomacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
daimyo
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fictional character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
television character portrayed by Hiroyuki Sanada in "Shōgun" (2024)
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television character portrayed by Toshiro Mifune in "Shōgun" (1980) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
novel "Shōgun"
NERFINISHED
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television miniseries "Shōgun" (1980) NERFINISHED ⓘ television series "Shōgun" (2024) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ishido
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Blackthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Mariko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | evolves from apparently embattled regent to de facto unifier of Japan (in the story arc) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan (fictionalized historical setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | James Clavell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRepresentation | fictionalized version of early Tokugawa shogunate politics ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Shōgun universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal | to survive and prevail in the power struggle for control of Japan ⓘ |
| language | Japanese (in-universe) ⓘ |
| medium |
literature
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central figure in the struggle for supreme rule in Japan
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political rival of Ishido ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
highly intelligent
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patient and calculating ⓘ politically astute ⓘ skilled in strategy and manipulation ⓘ |
| occupation |
daimyo
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military leader ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| partOf | James Clavell's Asian Saga (as a character in "Shōgun") ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
daimyo of the Kanto region (in the story)
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member of the Council of Regents ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | patron and master of John Blackthorne ⓘ |
| setting | feudal Japan ⓘ |
| strategicMethod |
exploits rivalries among other daimyos
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uses deception and long-term planning ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
cultural conflict and adaptation
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loyalty and betrayal ⓘ power and political intrigue ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Sengoku period (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Yoshii Toranaga Description of subject: Lord Yoshii Toranaga is the powerful, politically astute daimyo who serves as the central figure in James Clavell’s novel (and its adaptations) about feudal Japan’s struggle for supreme rule.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Toranaga
this entity surface form:
Toranaga
subject surface form:
Yoshii Toranaga (Shōgun 2024)
this entity surface form:
Toranaga