kazoku (Japanese peerage)
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The kazoku was the hereditary aristocratic class of modern Japan, established in the Meiji era by merging former feudal lords and court nobility into a Western-style peerage system.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5927075 — 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: kazoku (Japanese peerage) Context triple: [Kuni, socialClass, kazoku (Japanese peerage)]
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A.
hakushaku (count) in the kazoku peerage
Hakushaku (count) in the kazoku peerage was a hereditary noble rank in Imperial Japan’s aristocratic hierarchy, roughly equivalent to a European count.
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B.
Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage
Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage was a high-ranking hereditary noble title in Imperial Japan’s aristocratic kazoku system, roughly equivalent to a European duke.
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C.
Kaishintō
Kaishintō was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political party advocating constitutional government and liberal reforms.
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Kantei
Kantei is the official office and residence complex of Japan’s Prime Minister, serving as the central hub of the country’s executive government.
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E.
Zaimu-shō
Zaimu-shō is Japan’s Ministry of Finance, the central government body responsible for national fiscal policy, budgeting, taxation, and public finance management.
- 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: kazoku (Japanese peerage) Target entity description: The kazoku was the hereditary aristocratic class of modern Japan, established in the Meiji era by merging former feudal lords and court nobility into a Western-style peerage system.
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A.
hakushaku (count) in the kazoku peerage
Hakushaku (count) in the kazoku peerage was a hereditary noble rank in Imperial Japan’s aristocratic hierarchy, roughly equivalent to a European count.
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B.
Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage
Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage was a high-ranking hereditary noble title in Imperial Japan’s aristocratic kazoku system, roughly equivalent to a European duke.
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C.
Kaishintō
Kaishintō was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political party advocating constitutional government and liberal reforms.
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D.
Kantei
Kantei is the official office and residence complex of Japan’s Prime Minister, serving as the central hub of the country’s executive government.
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E.
Zaimu-shō
Zaimu-shō is Japan’s Ministry of Finance, the central government body responsible for national fiscal policy, budgeting, taxation, and public finance management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese peerage system
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hereditary aristocracy ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
Meiji period
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linked to:
Meiji era
Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
Taishō period ⓘ
linked to:
Taisho era
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| eligibility |
court nobles
ⓘ
former feudal lords ⓘ imperial family cadet branches ⓘ newly ennobled Meiji leaders ⓘ |
| endTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Meiji government
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linked to:
Meiji oligarchy
|
| governedBy |
Imperial Japanese government
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
|
| governingBody | House of Peers ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis | Peerage Law of 1884 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
baron
ⓘ
count ⓘ marquis ⓘ prince ⓘ viscount ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
British peerage
ⓘ
linked to:
British peerage system
European nobility systems ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalAbolition |
1947 Constitution of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of Japan
|
| literalMeaning | family ⓘ |
| mergedFrom |
daimyō (feudal lords)
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linked to:
daimyō
kuge (court nobility) ⓘ |
| numberOfRanks | 5 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Meiji Constitution political order
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji Constitution
|
| privilege |
hereditary titles
ⓘ
membership in House of Peers ⓘ social precedence ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
kazoku shō (Ministry of the Peerage)
ⓘ
linked to:
kazoku (Japanese peerage)
shizoku ⓘ |
| replaced |
daimyō class
ⓘ
kuge ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern Japanese nobility abolition ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
integrate old elites into modern state
ⓘ
provide ruling class for Meiji oligarchy ⓘ |
| startTime | 1869 ⓘ |
| statusAfter1947 | abolished as legal class ⓘ |
| successorConcept | former noble families of Japan ⓘ |
| typeOfTitleInheritance | patrilineal primogeniture ⓘ |
| usedScript | kanji ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: kazoku (Japanese peerage) Description of subject: The kazoku was the hereditary aristocratic class of modern Japan, established in the Meiji era by merging former feudal lords and court nobility into a Western-style peerage system.
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