Kagoshima Domain
E329048
Kagoshima Domain was a powerful feudal domain in southern Kyushu, Japan, centered in Satsuma and known for its leading role in the Meiji Restoration.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Satsuma Domain | 29 |
| Satsuma domain | 3 |
| Kagoshima Domain canonical | 2 |
| Satsuma Domain leadership | 1 |
| Satsuma han | 1 |
| 薩摩藩 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3097581 — 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.
Target entity: Kagoshima Domain Context triple: [Ōyama Iwao, birthPlace, Kagoshima Domain]
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Nagaoka Domain
Nagaoka Domain was a feudal han of the Edo period in Japan, ruled by daimyō and centered in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
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Chōshū Domain
Chōshū Domain was a powerful feudal domain in western Honshu, Japan, centered in present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture, that played a leading role in the Meiji Restoration.
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Tosa Domain
Tosa Domain was a feudal han in Shikoku during Japan’s Edo period, ruled by the Yamauchi clan and later known for producing influential Meiji-era political leaders.
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Kagoshima Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture is a southern Japanese prefecture on Kyushu known for its active volcano Sakurajima, hot springs, and subtropical island landscapes.
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E.
Shinano
Shinano was a Japanese World War II aircraft carrier, originally laid down as a Yamato-class battleship and notable for being the largest carrier ever sunk in combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kagoshima Domain Target entity description: Kagoshima Domain was a powerful feudal domain in southern Kyushu, Japan, centered in Satsuma and known for its leading role in the Meiji Restoration.
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A.
Nagaoka Domain
Nagaoka Domain was a feudal han of the Edo period in Japan, ruled by daimyō and centered in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
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B.
Chōshū Domain
Chōshū Domain was a powerful feudal domain in western Honshu, Japan, centered in present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture, that played a leading role in the Meiji Restoration.
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C.
Tosa Domain
Tosa Domain was a feudal han in Shikoku during Japan’s Edo period, ruled by the Yamauchi clan and later known for producing influential Meiji-era political leaders.
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Kagoshima Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture is a southern Japanese prefecture on Kyushu known for its active volcano Sakurajima, hot springs, and subtropical island landscapes.
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Shinano
Shinano was a Japanese World War II aircraft carrier, originally laid down as a Yamato-class battleship and notable for being the largest carrier ever sunk in combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feudal domain of Japan
ⓘ
han domain ⓘ |
| abolishedBy |
Meiji oligarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji government
|
| abolishedIn | 1871 ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Chōshū Domain
ⓘ
Tosa Domain ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kagoshima Domain
ⓘ
surface form:
Satsuma Domain
|
| capital | Kagoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castle | Kagoshima Castle ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Royal Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
British Royal Navy
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| controlled |
Ryukyu Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Ryukyu Kingdom (indirectly)
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| economicBase |
rice agriculture
ⓘ
sugar production from Ryukyu Islands ⓘ |
| era | Edo period ⓘ |
| existedDuring | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| formerName |
Kagoshima Domain
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Satsuma Domain
|
| governingClan |
Shimazu
ⓘ
surface form:
Shimazu clan
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| involvedIn | Anglo-Satsuma War ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early adoption of Western military technology
ⓘ
leading role in the Meiji Restoration ⓘ strong regional autonomy from the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| localDialect |
Kyushu dialect
ⓘ
surface form:
Satsuma dialect
|
| locatedIn |
Kyushu
ⓘ
Satsuma Province ⓘ Ōsumi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryStrength | one of the most powerful domains in Japan ⓘ |
| notableDaimyo |
Shimazu Hisamitsu
ⓘ
Shimazu Nariakira ⓘ Shimazu Tadayoshi ⓘ |
| notableFigureFromDomain |
Komatsu Tatewaki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matsukata Masayoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Saigō Takamori ⓘ Ōkubo Toshimichi ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Boshin War ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn | Meiji Restoration ⓘ |
| policy |
domain-led industrialization in late Edo period
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promotion of Western-style military modernization ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | tozama domain ⓘ |
| populationCenter |
Kagoshima City
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surface form:
Kagoshima Castle town
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| region |
Kyushu
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Kyushu
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| religion |
Buddhism
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Shinto ⓘ |
| rulingFamily |
Shimazu
ⓘ
surface form:
Shimazu clan
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| successorAdministrativeUnit | Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suzeraintyOver | Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ |
| yearOfAngloSatsumaWar | 1863 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Kagoshima Domain Description of subject: Kagoshima Domain was a powerful feudal domain in southern Kyushu, Japan, centered in Satsuma and known for its leading role in the Meiji Restoration.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.