Kii Tokugawa house
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The Kii Tokugawa house was one of the three privileged branches of Japan’s Tokugawa clan, ruling the Kii Domain and serving as a key source of potential shogunal successors during the Edo period.
All labels observed (1)
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| Kii Tokugawa house canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22966293 — 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: Kii Tokugawa house Context triple: [Tokugawa Yorinobu, allegiance, Kii Tokugawa house]
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A.
Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa house
The Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa house is a prominent branch of Japan’s Tokugawa clan from which the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, descended.
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B.
House of Fushimi-no-miya
The House of Fushimi-no-miya was one of the four shinnōke branches of Japan’s imperial family, established to provide potential heirs to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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C.
Tokugawa clan
The Tokugawa clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that established and ruled the Tokugawa shogunate, which governed Japan during the Edo period from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
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D.
Akishino-no-miya household
The Akishino-no-miya household is a branch of Japan’s Imperial Family headed by Prince Akishino, encompassing his immediate family and their official duties and residences.
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E.
Mikasa-no-miya household
The Mikasa-no-miya household is a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family established by Prince Mikasa and his descendants.
- 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: Kii Tokugawa house Target entity description: The Kii Tokugawa house was one of the three privileged branches of Japan’s Tokugawa clan, ruling the Kii Domain and serving as a key source of potential shogunal successors during the Edo period.
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A.
Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa house
The Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa house is a prominent branch of Japan’s Tokugawa clan from which the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, descended.
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B.
House of Fushimi-no-miya
The House of Fushimi-no-miya was one of the four shinnōke branches of Japan’s imperial family, established to provide potential heirs to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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C.
Tokugawa clan
The Tokugawa clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that established and ruled the Tokugawa shogunate, which governed Japan during the Edo period from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
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D.
Akishino-no-miya household
The Akishino-no-miya household is a branch of Japan’s Imperial Family headed by Prince Akishino, encompassing his immediate family and their official duties and residences.
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E.
Mikasa-no-miya household
The Mikasa-no-miya household is a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family established by Prince Mikasa and his descendants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.