Yoko Ogawa
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Yoko Ogawa is a Japanese author renowned for her quietly unsettling, psychologically rich fiction, including works like "The Housekeeper and the Professor" and "The Memory Police."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yoko Ogawa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11536197 — 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: Yoko Ogawa Context triple: [Yoko, hasNotableBearer, Yoko Ogawa]
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A.
Yoko Tawada
Yoko Tawada is a Japanese-German writer known for her innovative, multilingual literature that explores themes of language, identity, and cultural displacement.
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B.
Hikari Ōe
Hikari Ōe is a Japanese composer known for his classical music works and as the son of Nobel Prize–winning author Kenzaburō Ōe.
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C.
Yukio Otsuka
Yukio Otsuka is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished from others sharing the given name Yukio.
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D.
Genichi Kawakami
Genichi Kawakami was a Japanese industrialist and executive best known for transforming Yamaha from a musical instrument maker into a global powerhouse in motorcycles and motorized products.
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E.
Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for his profound, politically engaged works exploring postwar Japanese society and personal trauma.
- 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: Yoko Ogawa Target entity description: Yoko Ogawa is a Japanese author renowned for her quietly unsettling, psychologically rich fiction, including works like "The Housekeeper and the Professor" and "The Memory Police."
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A.
Yoko Tawada
Yoko Tawada is a Japanese-German writer known for her innovative, multilingual literature that explores themes of language, identity, and cultural displacement.
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B.
Hikari Ōe
Hikari Ōe is a Japanese composer known for his classical music works and as the son of Nobel Prize–winning author Kenzaburō Ōe.
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C.
Yukio Otsuka
Yukio Otsuka is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished from others sharing the given name Yukio.
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D.
Genichi Kawakami
Genichi Kawakami was a Japanese industrialist and executive best known for transforming Yamaha from a musical instrument maker into a global powerhouse in motorcycles and motorized products.
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E.
Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for his profound, politically engaged works exploring postwar Japanese society and personal trauma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese writer
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| author |
Yoko Ogawa
NERFINISHED
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Yoko Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Akutagawa Prize
NERFINISHED
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Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanizaki Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Yomiuri Prize for Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1962-03-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Okayama, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Waseda University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | contemporary Japanese literature ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasWrittenForm |
children’s literature
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essays ⓘ novels ⓘ short story collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Kafka
NERFINISHED
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Haruki Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenzaburō Ōe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Yoko Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 小川 洋子 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
domestic life
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identity ⓘ loss ⓘ mathematics ⓘ memory ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hotel Iris
NERFINISHED
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Pregnancy Diary NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor’s Beloved Equation NERFINISHED ⓘ Revenge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Diving Pool NERFINISHED ⓘ The Housekeeper and the Professor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Memory Police NERFINISHED ⓘ The Memory Police (original Japanese title: 密やかな結晶) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Museum of Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ The Professor and His Beloved Equation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| workTranslatedInto |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
minimalist prose
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psychologically rich ⓘ quietly unsettling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yoko Ogawa Description of subject: Yoko Ogawa is a Japanese author renowned for her quietly unsettling, psychologically rich fiction, including works like "The Housekeeper and the Professor" and "The Memory Police."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.