Saigō clan
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The Saigō clan is a Japanese samurai family best known for producing Saigō Takamori, a key leader in the Meiji Restoration and often called the “last true samurai.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saigō clan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5034380 — 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: Saigō clan Context triple: [Saigō Takamori, clan, Saigō clan]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Tokugawa clan
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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E.
Nanbu clan
The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
- 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: Saigō clan Target entity description: The Saigō clan is a Japanese samurai family best known for producing Saigō Takamori, a key leader in the Meiji Restoration and often called the “last true samurai.”
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Tokugawa clan
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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E.
Nanbu clan
The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese clan
ⓘ
samurai clan ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Meiji Restoration
ⓘ
Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Shimazu clan
ⓘ
linked to:
Shimazu
Ōkubo Toshimichi ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Japanese warrior culture ⓘ |
| domainAllegiance |
Satsuma Domain
ⓘ
linked to:
Kagoshima Domain
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName |
Saigō
ⓘ
linked to:
Saigo
|
| feudalSystemRole | retainers of the Shimazu of Satsuma ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Edo period
ⓘ
Meiji period ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
|
| historicalReputation | loyal and martial samurai family from Satsuma ⓘ |
| knownFor |
producing Saigō Takamori
ⓘ
role in the Meiji Restoration through Saigō Takamori ⓘ |
| language | Japanese language ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of samurai loyalty and resistance to aspects of early Meiji modernization ⓘ |
| militaryRole | samurai retainers of Satsuma ⓘ |
| notableFigureDescription | family of the samurai leader Saigō Takamori, often called the last true samurai ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Saigō Jūdō
ⓘ
Saigō Takamori ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Imperial forces during the Meiji Restoration ⓘ |
| region |
Satsuma Domain
ⓘ
linked to:
Kagoshima Domain
|
| romanization |
Saigō
ⓘ
linked to:
Saigo
|
| romanizationVariant | Saigo ⓘ |
| socialClass | samurai ⓘ |
| surnameInKanji |
西郷
ⓘ
linked to:
Saigō Takamori
|
| traditionalStatus | buke (warrior family) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saigō clan Description of subject: The Saigō clan is a Japanese samurai family best known for producing Saigō Takamori, a key leader in the Meiji Restoration and often called the “last true samurai.”
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.