Mōri Hiromoto
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Mōri Hiromoto was a Sengoku-period Japanese samurai and head of the Mōri clan, known primarily as the father of the famed warlord Mōri Motonari.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mōri Hiromoto canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11986559 — 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: Mōri Hiromoto Context triple: [Mōri Motonari, father, Mōri Hiromoto]
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A.
Mōri Takachika
Mōri Takachika was a late-Edo period daimyō of the Chōshū Domain who played a key role in the political movements that led to the Meiji Restoration in Japan.
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B.
Mōri Motonari
Mōri Motonari was a prominent Sengoku-period daimyō renowned for unifying and expanding the Mōri clan’s power in western Japan through strategic warfare and diplomacy.
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C.
Matsudaira Motoyasu
Matsudaira Motoyasu is the earlier name of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the powerful daimyo who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled for over 250 years.
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D.
Nitta Yoshisada
Nitta Yoshisada was a 14th-century Japanese samurai leader who helped overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore imperial rule under Emperor Go-Daigo.
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E.
Mōri Terumoto
Mōri Terumoto was a powerful late-Sengoku and early Edo period daimyō who led the Mōri clan, served as one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s council of Five Elders, and later became the feudal lord of the Chōshū region.
- 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: Mōri Hiromoto Target entity description: Mōri Hiromoto was a Sengoku-period Japanese samurai and head of the Mōri clan, known primarily as the father of the famed warlord Mōri Motonari.
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A.
Mōri Takachika
Mōri Takachika was a late-Edo period daimyō of the Chōshū Domain who played a key role in the political movements that led to the Meiji Restoration in Japan.
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B.
Mōri Motonari
Mōri Motonari was a prominent Sengoku-period daimyō renowned for unifying and expanding the Mōri clan’s power in western Japan through strategic warfare and diplomacy.
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C.
Matsudaira Motoyasu
Matsudaira Motoyasu is the earlier name of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the powerful daimyo who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled for over 250 years.
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D.
Nitta Yoshisada
Nitta Yoshisada was a 14th-century Japanese samurai leader who helped overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore imperial rule under Emperor Go-Daigo.
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E.
Mōri Terumoto
Mōri Terumoto was a powerful late-Sengoku and early Edo period daimyō who led the Mōri clan, served as one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s council of Five Elders, and later became the feudal lord of the Chōshū region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese noble
ⓘ
daimyō ⓘ historical figure ⓘ samurai ⓘ |
| activity | regional governance in western Honshū ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Mōri clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ōuchi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Mōri Motonari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clan | Mōri clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| domain | Aki Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Mōri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Mōri Motonari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Hiromoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
Kikkawa Motoharu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kobayakawa Takakage NERFINISHED ⓘ Mōri Takamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | laid foundations for the rise of the Mōri clan under Motonari ⓘ |
| house | Mōri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryRank | clan leader ⓘ |
| name | Mōri Hiromoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamilyMember |
Mōri Motonari
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mōri Okimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Mōri Motonari ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of the Mōri clan in Aki Province ⓘ |
| occupation |
daimyō
ⓘ
samurai ⓘ |
| position | head of the Mōri clan ⓘ |
| region | Aki Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
clan patriarch
ⓘ
feudal lord ⓘ |
| socialClass | bushi ⓘ |
| successor | Mōri Okimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | lord of Aki Province (Mōri territories) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mōri Hiromoto Description of subject: Mōri Hiromoto was a Sengoku-period Japanese samurai and head of the Mōri clan, known primarily as the father of the famed warlord Mōri Motonari.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.