Higo Domain
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Higo Domain was a powerful feudal domain in Japan’s Edo period, centered in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu and ruled for generations by the Hosokawa clan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Higo Domain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20870853 — 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: Higo Domain Context triple: [Shinpūren, basedInDomain, Higo Domain]
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A.
Tsuyama Domain
Tsuyama Domain was a feudal han of Japan’s Edo period, centered in present-day Okayama Prefecture and governed by various tozama and fudai daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate.
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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.
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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D.
Kubota Domain
Kubota Domain was a feudal han of Edo-period Japan centered in present-day Akita Prefecture and ruled by the Satake clan.
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E.
Fukui Domain
Fukui Domain was a feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, centered in present-day Fukui Prefecture and ruled by a branch of the Matsudaira/Tokugawa 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: Higo Domain Target entity description: Higo Domain was a powerful feudal domain in Japan’s Edo period, centered in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu and ruled for generations by the Hosokawa clan.
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A.
Tsuyama Domain
Tsuyama Domain was a feudal han of Japan’s Edo period, centered in present-day Okayama Prefecture and governed by various tozama and fudai daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate.
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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.
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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D.
Kubota Domain
Kubota Domain was a feudal han of Edo-period Japan centered in present-day Akita Prefecture and ruled by the Satake clan.
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E.
Fukui Domain
Fukui Domain was a feudal han in Japan’s Edo period, centered in present-day Fukui Prefecture and ruled by a branch of the Matsudaira/Tokugawa clan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.