Emperor Tenmu
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Emperor Tenmu was a late 7th-century Japanese sovereign known for consolidating imperial power, promoting Buddhism, and implementing key administrative reforms that shaped the early Japanese state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emperor Tenmu canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4957868 — 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 Tenmu Context triple: [Yakushi-ji, founder, Emperor Tenmu]
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A.
Emperor Monmu
Emperor Monmu was an early 8th-century Japanese sovereign whose reign helped consolidate the political and religious foundations of the emerging Nara state.
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B.
Emperor Nintoku
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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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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D.
Emperor Shōmu
Emperor Shōmu was an 8th-century Japanese ruler renowned for promoting Buddhism as a state religion and commissioning the Great Buddha and Tōdai-ji temple in Nara.
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E.
Emperor Uda
Emperor Uda was a late 9th-century Japanese emperor of the Heian period known for promoting cultural and political reforms and for being the father of Emperor Daigo.
- 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 Tenmu Target entity description: Emperor Tenmu was a late 7th-century Japanese sovereign known for consolidating imperial power, promoting Buddhism, and implementing key administrative reforms that shaped the early Japanese state.
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A.
Emperor Monmu
Emperor Monmu was an early 8th-century Japanese sovereign whose reign helped consolidate the political and religious foundations of the emerging Nara state.
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B.
Emperor Nintoku
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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C.
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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D.
Emperor Shōmu
Emperor Shōmu was an 8th-century Japanese ruler renowned for promoting Buddhism as a state religion and commissioning the Great Buddha and Tōdai-ji temple in Nara.
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E.
Emperor Uda
Emperor Uda was a late 9th-century Japanese emperor of the Heian period known for promoting cultural and political reforms and for being the father of Emperor Daigo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emperor of Japan
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Japanese monarch ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hinokuma no Ōuchi no misasagi ⓘ |
| capital | Asuka ⓘ |
| child |
Emperor Monmu
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Prince Kusakabe ⓘ Prince Ōtsu ⓘ Princess Tōchi ⓘ Princess Ōku ⓘ |
| conflict | Jinshin War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
development of early Japanese state ideology
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integration of Buddhist and Shinto practices at the court ⓘ |
| deathDate | 686 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Asuka, Yamato Province
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linked to:
Sakurai, Nara
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| dynasty | Yamato dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
Asuka period
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linked to:
Yamato period
|
| eraName | Shuchō ⓘ |
| father | Emperor Jomei ⓘ |
| givenName | Ōama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| mother |
Empress Kōgyoku
ⓘ
linked to:
Empress Kōken
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| nativeName | 天武天皇 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
consolidation of imperial power in late 7th-century Japan
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implementation of administrative reforms that shaped the early Japanese state ⓘ promotion of Buddhism as a state religion ⓘ promotion of population registration and land surveys ⓘ reorganization of provincial administration ⓘ standardization of court ranks and offices ⓘ strengthening of the ritsuryō legal-administrative system ⓘ |
| notableEvent | victory in the Jinshin War of 672 ⓘ |
| notableWork | promotion of the Asuka–Kiyomihara Code ⓘ |
| policy |
centralization of political authority under the emperor
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codification of laws and administrative regulations ⓘ support for Buddhist temples and clergy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Emperor Kōbun ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 686 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 673 ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
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Shinto ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Emperor Tenji ⓘ |
| spouse |
Empress Jitō
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Princess Nukata ⓘ Princess Ōta ⓘ |
| successor | Empress Jitō ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Emperor Tenmu Description of subject: Emperor Tenmu was a late 7th-century Japanese sovereign known for consolidating imperial power, promoting Buddhism, and implementing key administrative reforms that shaped the early Japanese state.
Referenced by (22)
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