Yosano Tekkan
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Yosano Tekkan was a Japanese poet, critic, and leader of the Myōjō literary magazine who played a key role in the development of modern tanka poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yosano Tekkan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11749831 — 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: Yosano Tekkan Context triple: [Yosano Akiko, spouse, Yosano Tekkan]
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A.
Yosano Akiko
Yosano Akiko was a pioneering Japanese poet, feminist, and social reformer of the early 20th century, renowned for her passionate tanka poetry and advocacy for women's rights.
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B.
Tsukada Yasunari
Tsukada Yasunari is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished as a bearer of the surname Tsukada.
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C.
Masaoka Shiki
Masaoka Shiki was a pioneering Meiji-era Japanese poet and critic who modernized haiku and tanka, helping to transform them into contemporary literary forms.
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D.
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese writer, often called the "father of the Japanese short story," best known internationally for works like "Rashōmon" and "In a Grove."
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E.
Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai was a prominent 20th-century Japanese novelist known for his darkly introspective, semi-autobiographical works such as "No Longer Human" and "The Setting Sun," which explore themes of alienation, despair, and postwar disillusionment.
- 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: Yosano Tekkan Target entity description: Yosano Tekkan was a Japanese poet, critic, and leader of the Myōjō literary magazine who played a key role in the development of modern tanka poetry.
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A.
Yosano Akiko
Yosano Akiko was a pioneering Japanese poet, feminist, and social reformer of the early 20th century, renowned for her passionate tanka poetry and advocacy for women's rights.
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B.
Tsukada Yasunari
Tsukada Yasunari is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished as a bearer of the surname Tsukada.
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C.
Masaoka Shiki
Masaoka Shiki was a pioneering Meiji-era Japanese poet and critic who modernized haiku and tanka, helping to transform them into contemporary literary forms.
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D.
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese writer, often called the "father of the Japanese short story," best known internationally for works like "Rashōmon" and "In a Grove."
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E.
Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai was a prominent 20th-century Japanese novelist known for his darkly introspective, semi-autobiographical works such as "No Longer Human" and "The Setting Sun," which explore themes of alienation, despair, and postwar disillusionment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese poet
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editor ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ magazine founder ⓘ |
| birthName | Yosano Hiroshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Yosano Hikaru
NERFINISHED
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Yosano Katsumi NERFINISHED ⓘ Yosano Shigeru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| editorInChiefOf | Myōjō literary magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Keio University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji era
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surface form:
Meiji period
Taishō period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Yosano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary criticism
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literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| founded | Myōjō literary magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
poetry
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tanka ⓘ |
| givenName | Hiroshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Yosano Akiko
NERFINISHED
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modern Japanese poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | traditional waka poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement |
Myōjō school
NERFINISHED
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modern tanka ⓘ |
| name | Yosano Tekkan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of modern tanka poetry
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leadership of the Myōjō literary magazine ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bokoku no on
NERFINISHED
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Shintaishi no sahō NERFINISHED ⓘ Tōzai namboku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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educator ⓘ literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| partner | Yosano Akiko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Tekkan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Yosano Akiko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Yosano Akiko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yosano Tekkan Description of subject: Yosano Tekkan was a Japanese poet, critic, and leader of the Myōjō literary magazine who played a key role in the development of modern tanka poetry.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.