Kikkawa Motoharu
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Kikkawa Motoharu was a prominent samurai and military commander of Japan’s Sengoku period, renowned as one of the “Two Rivers” supporting the power of the Mōri clan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kikkawa Motoharu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11986561 — 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: Kikkawa Motoharu Context triple: [Mōri Motonari, child, Kikkawa Motoharu]
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A.
Arai Ikunosuke
Arai Ikunosuke was a late Edo and early Meiji period Japanese samurai and naval officer who played a key role in modernizing Japan’s navy and participated prominently in the Boshin War.
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B.
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi was a Japanese statesman of the early Meiji era who took part in Japan’s modernization efforts, including its landmark diplomatic and study tour abroad.
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C.
Sakakibara Shōzō
Sakakibara Shōzō was an Imperial Japanese Army general who served as a senior military commander during World War II, including in the Pacific theater.
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D.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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E.
Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role 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: Kikkawa Motoharu Target entity description: Kikkawa Motoharu was a prominent samurai and military commander of Japan’s Sengoku period, renowned as one of the “Two Rivers” supporting the power of the Mōri clan.
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A.
Arai Ikunosuke
Arai Ikunosuke was a late Edo and early Meiji period Japanese samurai and naval officer who played a key role in modernizing Japan’s navy and participated prominently in the Boshin War.
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B.
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi was a Japanese statesman of the early Meiji era who took part in Japan’s modernization efforts, including its landmark diplomatic and study tour abroad.
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C.
Sakakibara Shōzō
Sakakibara Shōzō was an Imperial Japanese Army general who served as a senior military commander during World War II, including in the Pacific theater.
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D.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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E.
Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.