Nishimuraya Yohachi
E1024722
Nishimuraya Yohachi was a prominent Edo-period Japanese woodblock print publisher best known for issuing Hokusai’s celebrated series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nishimuraya Yohachi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10838653 — 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: Nishimuraya Yohachi Context triple: [Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, publisher, Nishimuraya Yohachi]
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A.
Kabayama Sukenori
Kabayama Sukenori was a Japanese naval officer and statesman of the Meiji era who became the first Japanese colonial administrator of Taiwan following its cession from Qing China.
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B.
Wakatsuki Reijirō
Wakatsuki Reijirō was a Japanese politician who twice served as Prime Minister during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods and was associated with liberal, parliamentary government.
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C.
Hyakutake Seikichi
Hyakutake Seikichi was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who played a significant role during World War II.
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D.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles 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: Nishimuraya Yohachi Target entity description: Nishimuraya Yohachi was a prominent Edo-period Japanese woodblock print publisher best known for issuing Hokusai’s celebrated series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji."
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A.
Kabayama Sukenori
Kabayama Sukenori was a Japanese naval officer and statesman of the Meiji era who became the first Japanese colonial administrator of Taiwan following its cession from Qing China.
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B.
Wakatsuki Reijirō
Wakatsuki Reijirō was a Japanese politician who twice served as Prime Minister during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods and was associated with liberal, parliamentary government.
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C.
Hyakutake Seikichi
Hyakutake Seikichi was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who played a significant role during World War II.
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D.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edo-period publisher
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Japanese publisher ⓘ woodblock print publisher ⓘ |
| activity | publishing woodblock prints ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Katsushika Hokusai
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Mount Fuji imagery ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Katsushika Hokusai ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Edo-period Japan ⓘ |
| era | Edo period ⓘ |
| field | ukiyo-e ⓘ |
| genre | ukiyo-e prints ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| medium | woodblock print ⓘ |
| notableFor | issuing Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| notableSeriesPublished | Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| notableWork | Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| occupation | woodblock print publisher ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Edo
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Japan ⓘ |
| published | Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| publishedArtist | Katsushika Hokusai ⓘ |
| role | publisher of ukiyo-e prints ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nishimuraya Yohachi Description of subject: Nishimuraya Yohachi was a prominent Edo-period Japanese woodblock print publisher best known for issuing Hokusai’s celebrated series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.