Lady Kiritsubo
E1043126
Lady Kiritsubo is a low-ranking but beloved consort of the emperor and the mother of Hikaru Genji in Murasaki Shikibu’s classic Japanese novel "The Tale of Genji."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lady Kiritsubo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13482373 — 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: Lady Kiritsubo Context triple: [Hikaru Genji, fictionalMother, Lady Kiritsubo]
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A.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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B.
Nijō Motoko
Nijō Motoko was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nijō family and the mother of Empress Teimei, consort of Emperor Taishō.
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C.
Yoriko
Yoriko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and girls in Japan.
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D.
Kodama Naoko
Kodama Naoko is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kodama.
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E.
Miyuki Shirogane
Miyuki Shirogane is the diligent and sharp-tongued student council president who serves as one of the central romantic leads in the manga and anime series "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War."
- 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: Lady Kiritsubo Target entity description: Lady Kiritsubo is a low-ranking but beloved consort of the emperor and the mother of Hikaru Genji in Murasaki Shikibu’s classic Japanese novel "The Tale of Genji."
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A.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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B.
Nijō Motoko
Nijō Motoko was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nijō family and the mother of Empress Teimei, consort of Emperor Taishō.
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C.
Yoriko
Yoriko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and girls in Japan.
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D.
Kodama Naoko
Kodama Naoko is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kodama.
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E.
Miyuki Shirogane
Miyuki Shirogane is the diligent and sharp-tongued student council president who serves as one of the central romantic leads in the manga and anime series "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court lady
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fictional character ⓘ imperial consort ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Tale of Genji ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Kiritsubo ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
court jealousy
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impermanence ⓘ maternal love ⓘ sorrow ⓘ |
| burialOrMemorial | mourned deeply by the emperor ⓘ |
| causeOfResentment | emperor’s special affection ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
beautiful
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beloved by the emperor ⓘ gentle ⓘ modest ⓘ |
| child | Hikaru Genji ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| createdBy | Murasaki Shikibu ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | archetype of the tragic imperial consort in Japanese literature ⓘ |
| diesFrom | illness ⓘ |
| eraWithinFiction | Heian period ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Tale of Genji ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | early 11th century ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influences | Hikaru Genji’s emotional life ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Heian-period court life (fictionalized) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| motherOf | Hikaru Genji ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
mother of the protagonist
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tragic heroine ⓘ |
| occupation | imperial consort ⓘ |
| partner | Emperor (The Tale of Genji) ⓘ |
| position | low-ranking consort ⓘ |
| receivesFavorFrom | Emperor (The Tale of Genji) ⓘ |
| relativeStatusAtCourt | lower rank than other principal consorts ⓘ |
| residence |
Imperial Court of Heian-kyō
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linked to:
Heian Palace
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| spouse | Emperor (The Tale of Genji) ⓘ |
| suffersFrom |
court harassment
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jealousy of other consorts ⓘ |
| titleInText | Kiritsubo no Koi ⓘ |
| workGenre |
classic Japanese literature
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monogatari ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lady Kiritsubo Description of subject: Lady Kiritsubo is a low-ranking but beloved consort of the emperor and the mother of Hikaru Genji in Murasaki Shikibu’s classic Japanese novel "The Tale of Genji."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.