Die Völker des östlichen Asien
E102874
Die Völker des östlichen Asien is a multi-volume ethnographic study by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian that examines the cultures, societies, and traditions of East Asian peoples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Die Völker des östlichen Asien canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T880344 — 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: Die Völker des östlichen Asien Context triple: [Adolf Bastian, notableWork, Die Völker des östlichen Asien]
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A.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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B.
China's Sorrow
China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
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C.
The Blue-Eyed Manchu
"The Blue-Eyed Manchu" is an early 20th-century adventure and mystery novel by Achmed Abdullah, featuring exotic intrigue and crime in an Orientalist setting.
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D.
East Asia Library
The East Asia Library is a specialized branch of Stanford University Libraries dedicated to collecting and providing access to scholarly resources on East Asian languages, cultures, and histories.
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E.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
- 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: Die Völker des östlichen Asien Target entity description: Die Völker des östlichen Asien is a multi-volume ethnographic study by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian that examines the cultures, societies, and traditions of East Asian peoples.
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A.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
-
B.
China's Sorrow
China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
-
C.
The Blue-Eyed Manchu
"The Blue-Eyed Manchu" is an early 20th-century adventure and mystery novel by Achmed Abdullah, featuring exotic intrigue and crime in an Orientalist setting.
-
D.
East Asia Library
The East Asia Library is a specialized branch of Stanford University Libraries dedicated to collecting and providing access to scholarly resources on East Asian languages, cultures, and histories.
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E.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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ethnographic study ⓘ multi-volume work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | comparative ethnology ⓘ |
| author | Adolf Bastian ⓘ |
| authorNationality | German ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | anthropologist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| describes |
East Asian ethnic groups
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customs and traditions in East Asia ⓘ religious practices in East Asia ⓘ social structures in East Asia ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultures of East Asia
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societies of East Asia ⓘ traditions of East Asian peoples ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
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ethnographic literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Adolf Bastian ⓘ |
| hasPart |
volume 1 of Die Völker des östlichen Asien
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volume 2 of Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ volume 3 of Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ volume 4 of Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ volume 5 of Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ volume 6 of Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 19th-century ethnographic scholarship ⓘ |
| influencedBy | 19th-century German anthropology ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
East Asia
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East Asia ⓘ
surface form:
East Asian peoples
cultural anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ |
| perspective | European anthropological perspective ⓘ |
| publicationType | scholarly work ⓘ |
| regionCovered |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Korea
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 19th century East Asia ⓘ |
| title | Die Völker des östlichen Asien ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Adolf Bastian ⓘ |
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