Tokugawa clan
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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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tokugawa clan canonical | 14 |
| Tokugawa | 6 |
| Hitotsubashi branch of the Tokugawa family | 1 |
| Owari Tokugawa clan | 1 |
| Owari branch of the Tokugawa family | 1 |
| Tokugawa family | 1 |
| Tokugawa loyalists | 1 |
| Tokugawa shogunal family | 1 |
| Tokugawa shogunate loyalists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4295172 — 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: Tokugawa clan Context triple: [Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, notableFamily, Tokugawa clan]
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Toyotomi clan
The Toyotomi clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence in the late 16th century under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified much of Japan before the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Ashikaga clan
The Ashikaga clan was a powerful samurai family that established and led Japan’s Muromachi shogunate, ruling the country as shoguns from the 14th to the 16th century.
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Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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Minamoto clan
The Minamoto clan was one of the most powerful and influential samurai lineages in Japanese history, instrumental in the rise of the shogunate and warrior rule.
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Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tokugawa clan Target entity description: 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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A.
Toyotomi clan
The Toyotomi clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence in the late 16th century under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified much of Japan before the Tokugawa shogunate.
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B.
Ashikaga clan
The Ashikaga clan was a powerful samurai family that established and led Japan’s Muromachi shogunate, ruling the country as shoguns from the 14th to the 16th century.
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C.
Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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D.
Minamoto clan
The Minamoto clan was one of the most powerful and influential samurai lineages in Japanese history, instrumental in the rise of the shogunate and warrior rule.
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E.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese clan
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samurai clan ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Ii clan
NERFINISHED
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Oda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOfRule | Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanOrigin | Matsudaira clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dispossessionEvent | abolition of the shogunate ⓘ |
| endOfRule | 1868 ⓘ |
| eraName | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| founder | Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentTypeExercised | bakufu ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
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Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeTerritory |
Edo
NERFINISHED
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Mikawa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunpu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legacy |
development of Edo as major city
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long period of peace and stability in Japan ⓘ unification of Japan ⓘ |
| mainRival |
Takeda clan
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uesugi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mon | Mitsuba Aoi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Sekigahara
NERFINISHED
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Siege of Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Meiji Restoration
NERFINISHED
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establishment of Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Tokugawa Hidetada
NERFINISHED
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Tokugawa Iemitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Iemochi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Ienari NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Iesada NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Yoshimune NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Yoshinobu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policy | sakoku ⓘ |
| politicalPower | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorRegime |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionInfluence | Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | Edo Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialSystem | rigid class hierarchy ⓘ |
| startOfRule | 1603 ⓘ |
| successorRegime |
Empire of Japan
NERFINISHED
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Meiji government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbol | triple hollyhock crest ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Tokugawa clan Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.