Munakata clan
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The Munakata clan is an ancient Japanese priestly lineage historically responsible for the worship and administration of key maritime deities and shrines in northern Kyushu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Munakata clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20920133 — 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: Munakata clan Context triple: [Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region, associatedWith, Munakata clan]
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A.
Yanagisawa clan
The Yanagisawa clan was a prominent samurai family of the Edo period, closely associated with the Tokugawa shogunate through high-ranking retainers and daimyō.
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B.
Kikkawa clan
The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku period.
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C.
Matsudaira clan
The Matsudaira clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku and early Edo periods, best known as the ancestral house of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa shogunate.
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D.
Shimada Clan
The Shimada Clan is a powerful and traditional Japanese crime family in the Overwatch universe, known for its mastery of ninjutsu and archery and for being the birthplace of the brothers Genji and Hanzo.
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E.
Tsugaru clan
The Tsugaru clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled the Hirosaki Domain in northern Honshu during Japan’s feudal era.
- 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: Munakata clan Target entity description: The Munakata clan is an ancient Japanese priestly lineage historically responsible for the worship and administration of key maritime deities and shrines in northern Kyushu.
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A.
Yanagisawa clan
The Yanagisawa clan was a prominent samurai family of the Edo period, closely associated with the Tokugawa shogunate through high-ranking retainers and daimyō.
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B.
Kikkawa clan
The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku period.
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C.
Matsudaira clan
The Matsudaira clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku and early Edo periods, best known as the ancestral house of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa shogunate.
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D.
Shimada Clan
The Shimada Clan is a powerful and traditional Japanese crime family in the Overwatch universe, known for its mastery of ninjutsu and archery and for being the birthplace of the brothers Genji and Hanzo.
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E.
Tsugaru clan
The Tsugaru clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled the Hirosaki Domain in northern Honshu during Japan’s feudal era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.