Tokugawa Yoshimune
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Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, known for his Kyoho Reforms that sought to strengthen the bakufu’s finances and governance in the early 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tokugawa Yoshimune canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18013415 — 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: Tokugawa Yoshimune Context triple: [Tokugawa clan, notableMember, Tokugawa Yoshimune]
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A.
Tokugawa Iesada
Tokugawa Iesada was the 13th shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during the late Edo period as Western pressure to open the country was rapidly intensifying.
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B.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty in Japan, known for his cultural patronage and controversial animal protection edicts during the Edo period.
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C.
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Tokugawa Ietsuna was the fourth shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during a relatively peaceful period in the early Edo era and maintaining the political systems established by his predecessors.
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D.
Tokugawa Yorinobu
Tokugawa Yorinobu was a powerful early Edo-period daimyō of the Tokugawa clan, best known as the first lord of the Kii Domain and a key figure in consolidating Tokugawa rule in western Japan.
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E.
Tokugawa Tadanaga
Tokugawa Tadanaga was a Tokugawa shogunate-era Japanese daimyō and younger brother of shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, known for his tragic downfall in early Edo-period succession struggles.
- 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: Tokugawa Yoshimune Target entity description: Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, known for his Kyoho Reforms that sought to strengthen the bakufu’s finances and governance in the early 18th century.
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A.
Tokugawa Iesada
Tokugawa Iesada was the 13th shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during the late Edo period as Western pressure to open the country was rapidly intensifying.
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B.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty in Japan, known for his cultural patronage and controversial animal protection edicts during the Edo period.
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C.
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Tokugawa Ietsuna was the fourth shogun of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, ruling during a relatively peaceful period in the early Edo era and maintaining the political systems established by his predecessors.
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D.
Tokugawa Yorinobu
Tokugawa Yorinobu was a powerful early Edo-period daimyō of the Tokugawa clan, best known as the first lord of the Kii Domain and a key figure in consolidating Tokugawa rule in western Japan.
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E.
Tokugawa Tadanaga
Tokugawa Tadanaga was a Tokugawa shogunate-era Japanese daimyō and younger brother of shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu, known for his tragic downfall in early Edo-period succession struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.