Tanaka-ha
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Tanaka-ha is a Japanese political faction associated with influential postwar Liberal Democratic Party leader Kakuei Tanaka and his supporters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tanaka-ha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4778847 — 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: Tanaka-ha Context triple: [Tanaka faction, alsoKnownAs, Tanaka-ha]
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A.
Dogenzaka
Dogenzaka is a lively entertainment and shopping district in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its nightlife, restaurants, and proximity to the famous Shibuya Crossing.
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B.
Kizoku-in
Kizoku-in was the upper house of Japan’s prewar Imperial Diet, composed mainly of nobility and imperial appointees.
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C.
Fukuhara-kyō
Fukuhara-kyō was a short-lived late 12th-century Japanese imperial capital established in present-day Kobe during the ascendancy of the Taira clan.
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D.
Sawara-ku
Sawara-ku is one of the wards of Fukuoka City in Japan, known for its mix of residential areas, universities, and coastal attractions along the Sea of Japan.
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E.
Yushima Seidō
Yushima Seidō is a historic Confucian temple and former educational center in Tokyo, Japan, known as a key site for Confucian learning during the Edo period.
- 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: Tanaka-ha Target entity description: Tanaka-ha is a Japanese political faction associated with influential postwar Liberal Democratic Party leader Kakuei Tanaka and his supporters.
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A.
Dogenzaka
Dogenzaka is a lively entertainment and shopping district in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its nightlife, restaurants, and proximity to the famous Shibuya Crossing.
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B.
Kizoku-in
Kizoku-in was the upper house of Japan’s prewar Imperial Diet, composed mainly of nobility and imperial appointees.
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C.
Fukuhara-kyō
Fukuhara-kyō was a short-lived late 12th-century Japanese imperial capital established in present-day Kobe during the ascendancy of the Taira clan.
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D.
Sawara-ku
Sawara-ku is one of the wards of Fukuoka City in Japan, known for its mix of residential areas, universities, and coastal attractions along the Sea of Japan.
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E.
Yushima Seidō
Yushima Seidō is a historic Confucian temple and former educational center in Tokyo, Japan, known as a key site for Confucian learning during the Edo period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Liberal Democratic Party faction
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Shōwa era
ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
postwar Japan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese political funding scandals
ⓘ
Lockheed bribery scandal ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed bribery scandals
money politics in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| factionOf |
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democratic Party
|
| field | national politics of Japan ⓘ |
| founder | Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ |
| goal |
distribution of political patronage
ⓘ
securing leadership within the Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tanaka faction
ⓘ
Tanaka school ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
emphasis on electoral support-building
ⓘ
extensive patron-client networks ⓘ strong loyalty to faction leader ⓘ |
| hasMember | Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalOrientation |
pragmatic policy-making
ⓘ
pro-infrastructure development ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-World War II Japanese party politics ⓘ |
| ideology |
conservatism
ⓘ
pro-growth economic policy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese public works policy
ⓘ
LDP leadership selection processes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | personalist leadership style of Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| leader | Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ |
| locatedInPoliticalParty |
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democratic Party
|
| namedAfter | Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence in postwar Japanese politics
ⓘ
strong intra-party organization ⓘ |
| opposedBy | rival LDP factions ⓘ |
| partOf | LDP factional system ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | center-right ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | parliamentary democracy of Japan ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | Niigata Prefecture ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hashimoto faction
ⓘ
Obuchi faction ⓘ Takeshita faction ⓘ |
| supportBase |
business interests
ⓘ
construction industry ⓘ rural constituencies ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | informal intra-party group ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
factional discipline
ⓘ
fundraising networks ⓘ vote mobilization within the LDP ⓘ |
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Subject: Tanaka-ha Description of subject: Tanaka-ha is a Japanese political faction associated with influential postwar Liberal Democratic Party leader Kakuei Tanaka and his supporters.
Referenced by (1)
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subject linked to:
Tanaka faction in the Liberal Democratic Party