Toshihiko Izutsu
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Toshihiko Izutsu was a Japanese Islamicist and comparative philosopher best known for his pioneering semantic studies of the Qur’an and his influential work on Sufism and Islamic mysticism.
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| Toshihiko Izutsu canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toshihiko Izutsu Context triple: [Ibn Arabi, influenced, Toshihiko Izutsu]
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Otozō Yamada
Otozō Yamada was a Japanese general who commanded the Kwantung Army in Manchuria during the final stages of World War II, including the Soviet–Japanese War of 1945.
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B.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Jun-ichi Nishizawa was a pioneering Japanese engineer and physicist often called the "father of Japanese microelectronics" for his foundational contributions to semiconductor and optoelectronic device technology.
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D.
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest home run hitters in the history of the sport.
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E.
Minoru Genda
Minoru Genda was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aviation tactician best known as a principal architect of the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toshihiko Izutsu Target entity description: Toshihiko Izutsu was a Japanese Islamicist and comparative philosopher best known for his pioneering semantic studies of the Qur’an and his influential work on Sufism and Islamic mysticism.
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A.
Otozō Yamada
Otozō Yamada was a Japanese general who commanded the Kwantung Army in Manchuria during the final stages of World War II, including the Soviet–Japanese War of 1945.
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B.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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C.
Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Jun-ichi Nishizawa was a pioneering Japanese engineer and physicist often called the "father of Japanese microelectronics" for his foundational contributions to semiconductor and optoelectronic device technology.
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D.
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest home run hitters in the history of the sport.
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E.
Minoru Genda
Minoru Genda was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aviation tactician best known as a principal architect of the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic studies scholar
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Islamicist ⓘ comparative philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Kamakura ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-05-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-01-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Keio University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy
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Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University ⓘ Keio University NERFINISHED ⓘ McGill University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic mysticism
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Islamic studies ⓘ Qur’anic studies ⓘ Sufism ⓘ comparative philosophy ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ linguistics ⓘ semantics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
comparative philosophers of religion
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scholars of Qur’anic semantics ⓘ scholars of Sufism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Sufi metaphysics ⓘ Taoism ⓘ Zen ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
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| knownFor |
comparative studies of Islamic and Eastern philosophies
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semantic studies of the Qur’an ⓘ studies of Islamic mysticism ⓘ studies of Sufism ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWritten |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Latin ⓘ Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Russian ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic mysticism
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Qur’anic semantics ⓘ Sufi metaphysics ⓘ comparative mysticism ⓘ comparative philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| name | Toshihiko Izutsu self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 井筒俊彦 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Comparative Study of the Key Philosophical Concepts in Sufism and Taoism
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Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur’an ⓘ God and Man in the Qur’an ⓘ Sufism and Taoism ⓘ The Concept of Belief in Islamic Theology ⓘ The Structure of the Ethical Terms in the Koran ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
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Tokyo ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Japan
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Kamakura ⓘ Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Montreal
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Tehran ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ |
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