Fujiwara regency system

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The Fujiwara regency system was a political structure in Heian-period Japan in which the Fujiwara clan dominated the imperial court by serving as regents and marrying their daughters into the imperial family, effectively controlling the throne.

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Label	Occurrences
Fujiwara regents	5
Fujiwara regency	3
Fujiwara regency system canonical	1
regency government of Fujiwara no Michinaga	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fujiwara regency system
Context triple: [Fujiwara no Kaneie, helpedEstablish, Fujiwara regency system]

A. ritsuryō system
The ritsuryō system was an ancient Japanese legal and administrative framework, modeled on Chinese Confucian and legalist principles, that organized government structure, taxation, and social order in the early imperial state.
B. Gokishichidō system
The Gokishichidō system was an ancient Japanese administrative and road network framework that organized the country into five central provinces and seven regional circuits.
C. Toyotomi administration of Japan
The Toyotomi administration of Japan was the late 16th-century regime established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi that unified most of the country under centralized military and political control prior to the Tokugawa shogunate.
D. Yamato dynasty
The Yamato dynasty is the imperial lineage that has traditionally ruled Japan, forming the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy and serving as a central symbol of Japanese statehood and culture.
E. Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate was the feudal military government that ruled Japan from the early 17th to the mid-19th century, overseeing a long period of peace, isolation, and strict social order.
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: Fujiwara regency system
Target entity description: The Fujiwara regency system was a political structure in Heian-period Japan in which the Fujiwara clan dominated the imperial court by serving as regents and marrying their daughters into the imperial family, effectively controlling the throne.

A. ritsuryō system
The ritsuryō system was an ancient Japanese legal and administrative framework, modeled on Chinese Confucian and legalist principles, that organized government structure, taxation, and social order in the early imperial state.
B. Gokishichidō system
The Gokishichidō system was an ancient Japanese administrative and road network framework that organized the country into five central provinces and seven regional circuits.
C. Toyotomi administration of Japan
The Toyotomi administration of Japan was the late 16th-century regime established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi that unified most of the country under centralized military and political control prior to the Tokugawa shogunate.
D. Yamato dynasty
The Yamato dynasty is the imperial lineage that has traditionally ruled Japan, forming the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy and serving as a central symbol of Japanese statehood and culture.
E. Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate was the feudal military government that ruled Japan from the early 17th to the mid-19th century, overseeing a long period of peace, isolation, and strict social order.
F. None of above. chosen