First Battle of Ueda
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The First Battle of Ueda was a 1585 conflict in Japan’s Sengoku period in which the smaller Sanada clan successfully defended Ueda Castle against the much larger Tokugawa forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Battle of Ueda canonical | 1 |
| Siege of Ueda (1585) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18559318 — 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: First Battle of Ueda Context triple: [Ueda, wasBattleSite, First Battle of Ueda]
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Battle of Uedahara
The Battle of Uedahara was a 1548 conflict in Japan’s Sengoku period in which warlord Takeda Shingen suffered a rare defeat, notable for the effective use of firearms against his forces.
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Battle of Shiroyama
The Battle of Shiroyama was the climactic 1877 clash in which Saigō Takamori’s samurai forces were decisively defeated by the modern Imperial Japanese Army, symbolizing the end of the samurai era in Japan.
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C.
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani was a pivotal 1184 clash in Japan’s Genpei War in which Minamoto forces routed the Taira clan by attacking their coastal fortress from both land and sea.
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Battle of Aizu
The Battle of Aizu was a pivotal 1868 siege during Japan’s Boshin War in which imperial forces crushed the Aizu domain, marking a major step in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the consolidation of Meiji rule.
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E.
Battle of Mimigawa
The Battle of Mimigawa was a significant 1578 Sengoku-period clash in Kyushu in which the Shimazu clan decisively defeated the Ōtomo clan, cementing Shimazu dominance in southern Japan.
- 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: First Battle of Ueda Target entity description: The First Battle of Ueda was a 1585 conflict in Japan’s Sengoku period in which the smaller Sanada clan successfully defended Ueda Castle against the much larger Tokugawa forces.
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A.
Battle of Uedahara
The Battle of Uedahara was a 1548 conflict in Japan’s Sengoku period in which warlord Takeda Shingen suffered a rare defeat, notable for the effective use of firearms against his forces.
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B.
Battle of Shiroyama
The Battle of Shiroyama was the climactic 1877 clash in which Saigō Takamori’s samurai forces were decisively defeated by the modern Imperial Japanese Army, symbolizing the end of the samurai era in Japan.
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C.
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
The Battle of Ichi-no-Tani was a pivotal 1184 clash in Japan’s Genpei War in which Minamoto forces routed the Taira clan by attacking their coastal fortress from both land and sea.
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D.
Battle of Aizu
The Battle of Aizu was a pivotal 1868 siege during Japan’s Boshin War in which imperial forces crushed the Aizu domain, marking a major step in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the consolidation of Meiji rule.
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E.
Battle of Mimigawa
The Battle of Mimigawa was a significant 1578 Sengoku-period clash in Kyushu in which the Shimazu clan decisively defeated the Ōtomo clan, cementing Shimazu dominance in southern Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: First Battle of Ueda