Emperor Nintoku
E243537
Emperor Nintoku was a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally credited with benevolent rule and associated with one of the largest keyhole-shaped burial mounds in the world.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emperor Nintoku canonical | 2 |
| Emperor Ingyō | 1 |
| Nintoku | 1 |
| Nintoku-tennō | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2196573 — 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: Emperor Nintoku Context triple: [Imperial tombs, associatedWith, Emperor Nintoku]
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A.
Emperor Kanmu
Emperor Kanmu was a Japanese emperor best known for relocating the capital to Heian-kyō (Kyoto), thereby inaugurating the Heian period and shaping classical Japanese court culture.
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B.
Emperor Daigo
Emperor Daigo was a 10th-century Japanese sovereign whose relatively stable and culturally vibrant reign is often regarded as a high point of the Heian-period imperial court.
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C.
Emperor Shirakawa
Emperor Shirakawa was a Japanese sovereign of the late 11th and early 12th centuries who is renowned for pioneering the system of cloistered rule that shaped Heian-period politics.
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D.
Emperor Ōjin
Emperor Ōjin is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor who is traditionally identified with the Shinto war god Hachiman and venerated as a deified ancestral figure.
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E.
Emperor Jimmu
Emperor Jimmu is the legendary first emperor of Japan, traditionally regarded as the mythic founder of the Japanese imperial line.
- 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: Emperor Nintoku Target entity description: Emperor Nintoku was a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally credited with benevolent rule and associated with one of the largest keyhole-shaped burial mounds in the world.
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A.
Emperor Kanmu
Emperor Kanmu was a Japanese emperor best known for relocating the capital to Heian-kyō (Kyoto), thereby inaugurating the Heian period and shaping classical Japanese court culture.
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B.
Emperor Daigo
Emperor Daigo was a 10th-century Japanese sovereign whose relatively stable and culturally vibrant reign is often regarded as a high point of the Heian-period imperial court.
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C.
Emperor Shirakawa
Emperor Shirakawa was a Japanese sovereign of the late 11th and early 12th centuries who is renowned for pioneering the system of cloistered rule that shaped Heian-period politics.
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D.
Emperor Ōjin
Emperor Ōjin is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor who is traditionally identified with the Shinto war god Hachiman and venerated as a deified ancestral figure.
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E.
Emperor Jimmu
Emperor Jimmu is the legendary first emperor of Japan, traditionally regarded as the mythic founder of the Japanese imperial line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emperor of Japan
ⓘ
semi-legendary figure ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | early 4th–5th century Japan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daisen Kofun
ⓘ
surface form:
Daisenryō Kofun
Sakai Mozu Kofun Group ⓘ
surface form:
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group
|
| burialMoundFeature |
moat-surrounded tumulus
ⓘ
one of the largest burial mounds in the world ⓘ |
| burialMoundType | keyhole-shaped kofun ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Daisen Kofun
ⓘ
Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
surface form:
Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
|
| capital |
Namba
ⓘ
surface form:
Namba (traditional attribution)
Naniwa (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| child |
Emperor Suizei
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Hanzei
Emperor Nintoku self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Ingyō
Emperor Richū ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Yamato polity ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yamato dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Kofun period ⓘ |
| father | Emperor Ōjin ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Emperor Nintoku
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nintoku
|
| heritageDesignation | Daisen Kofun designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group ⓘ |
| historicStatus | traditional, not fully historically verified ⓘ |
| house | Imperial House of Japan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
benevolent rule
ⓘ
legendary tax remission ⓘ |
| language | Old Japanese (attributed) ⓘ |
| legend | story of observing smoke from houses to judge people’s prosperity ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| mother | Nakatsuhime no Ōkimi ⓘ |
| nativeName | 仁徳天皇 ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| posthumousName |
Emperor Nintoku
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nintoku-tennō
|
| predecessor | Emperor Ōjin ⓘ |
| realm |
Yamato polity
ⓘ
surface form:
Yamato state
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| regnalNumber | 16th Emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| reign | traditionally 313–399 ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| spouse |
Empress Iwanohime
ⓘ
Kurohime no Iratsume ⓘ
surface form:
Karahime no Iratsume
Kurohime no Iratsume ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Richū ⓘ |
| title | Tennō ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Shinto shrines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Emperor Nintoku Description of subject: Emperor Nintoku was a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally credited with benevolent rule and associated with one of the largest keyhole-shaped burial mounds in the world.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nintoku
this entity surface form:
Emperor Ingyō
this entity surface form:
Nintoku-tennō