daimyō
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A daimyō was a powerful feudal lord in premodern Japan who controlled vast landholdings and maintained private armies of samurai under the shogunate.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| daimyō canonical | 2 |
| Daimyō | 1 |
| daimyō (feudal lords) | 1 |
| fudai daimyō | 1 |
| tozama daimyo | 1 |
| tozama daimyō | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14772891 — 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: daimyō Context triple: [Gokaidō, usedBy, daimyō]
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A.
Daimio
Daimio is the surname of Captain Daimio, a character from the Hellboy universe known for his leadership in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense and his complex, supernatural backstory.
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B.
Daimio family
The Daimio family is the fictional lineage to which Ben Daimio belongs in the Hellboy/B.P.R.D. comic universe, associated with his mysterious heritage and supernatural curse.
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C.
Seii Taishogun
Seii Taishogun was the title of Japan’s military dictator, commonly known as the shogun, who held de facto political power while the emperor remained the nominal sovereign.
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D.
Kōshaku (Count)
Kōshaku (Count) was a noble title in the Japanese kazoku peerage system, roughly equivalent to a European count and granted to high-ranking statesmen, military leaders, and aristocrats during the Meiji era.
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E.
Sesshō
Sesshō was the powerful regent position in Japan’s imperial court, exercised on behalf of a child emperor and historically dominated by the Fujiwara clan.
- 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: daimyō Target entity description: A daimyō was a powerful feudal lord in premodern Japan who controlled vast landholdings and maintained private armies of samurai under the shogunate.
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A.
Daimio
Daimio is the surname of Captain Daimio, a character from the Hellboy universe known for his leadership in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense and his complex, supernatural backstory.
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B.
Daimio family
The Daimio family is the fictional lineage to which Ben Daimio belongs in the Hellboy/B.P.R.D. comic universe, associated with his mysterious heritage and supernatural curse.
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C.
Seii Taishogun
Seii Taishogun was the title of Japan’s military dictator, commonly known as the shogun, who held de facto political power while the emperor remained the nominal sovereign.
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D.
Kōshaku (Count)
Kōshaku (Count) was a noble title in the Japanese kazoku peerage system, roughly equivalent to a European count and granted to high-ranking statesmen, military leaders, and aristocrats during the Meiji era.
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E.
Sesshō
Sesshō was the powerful regent position in Japan’s imperial court, exercised on behalf of a child emperor and historically dominated by the Fujiwara clan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gokaidō (Five Routes)
subject linked to:
kazoku (Japanese peerage)
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