Hikone Domain
E1170296
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Hikone Domain was a prominent feudal domain in Japan’s Edo period, centered on Hikone Castle in Ōmi Province and long governed by the influential Ii clan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hikone Domain canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15658268 — 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: Hikone Domain Context triple: [Ii Naosuke, birthPlace, Hikone Domain]
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A.
Tsuwano Domain
Tsuwano Domain was a small feudal han in western Japan’s Chūgoku region during the Edo period, centered on the castle town of Tsuwano in present-day Shimane Prefecture.
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B.
Nagato Domain
Nagato Domain was a powerful feudal domain in western Honshu ruled by the Mōri clan, historically significant for its leading role in the events that led to the Meiji Restoration.
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C.
Akō Domain
Akō Domain was a feudal han in Edo-period Japan, best known as the home domain of the Forty-seven Rōnin whose famous vendetta became a legendary tale of loyalty and revenge.
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D.
Yonezawa Domain
Yonezawa Domain was a feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, centered in modern Yamagata Prefecture and historically governed by the prominent Uesugi clan.
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E.
Nagaoka Domain
Nagaoka Domain was a feudal han of the Edo period in Japan, ruled by daimyō and centered in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
- 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: Hikone Domain Target entity description: Hikone Domain was a prominent feudal domain in Japan’s Edo period, centered on Hikone Castle in Ōmi Province and long governed by the influential Ii clan.
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A.
Tsuwano Domain
Tsuwano Domain was a small feudal han in western Japan’s Chūgoku region during the Edo period, centered on the castle town of Tsuwano in present-day Shimane Prefecture.
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B.
Nagato Domain
Nagato Domain was a powerful feudal domain in western Honshu ruled by the Mōri clan, historically significant for its leading role in the events that led to the Meiji Restoration.
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C.
Akō Domain
Akō Domain was a feudal han in Edo-period Japan, best known as the home domain of the Forty-seven Rōnin whose famous vendetta became a legendary tale of loyalty and revenge.
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D.
Yonezawa Domain
Yonezawa Domain was a feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, centered in modern Yamagata Prefecture and historically governed by the prominent Uesugi clan.
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E.
Nagaoka Domain
Nagaoka Domain was a feudal han of the Edo period in Japan, ruled by daimyō and centered in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.