Sen family
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The Sen family is the hereditary lineage of Japanese tea masters descended from Sen no Rikyū, central to the development and transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sen family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6864560 — 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: Sen family Context triple: [Sen no Rikyū, house, Sen family]
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West family
The West family is a high-profile American celebrity family best known for including rapper and producer Kanye West and media personality Kim Kardashian and their children.
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B.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
North family
The North family is a prominent English aristocratic lineage that produced several notable statesmen and peers, particularly influential in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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D.
Jay family
The Jay family is a prominent American lineage best known for producing influential figures such as Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the United States, John Jay.
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E.
Johnson family
The Johnson family is an American business dynasty best known for its ownership of the New York Jets and its ties to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune.
- 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: Sen family Target entity description: The Sen family is the hereditary lineage of Japanese tea masters descended from Sen no Rikyū, central to the development and transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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A.
West family
The West family is a high-profile American celebrity family best known for including rapper and producer Kanye West and media personality Kim Kardashian and their children.
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B.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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C.
North family
The North family is a prominent English aristocratic lineage that produced several notable statesmen and peers, particularly influential in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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D.
Jay family
The Jay family is a prominent American lineage best known for producing influential figures such as Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the United States, John Jay.
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E.
Johnson family
The Johnson family is an American business dynasty best known for its ownership of the New York Jets and its ties to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese family
ⓘ
lineage of tea masters ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Way of Tea
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chanoyu ⓘ wabi-sabi aesthetics ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Kyoto tea districts ⓘ |
| basedIn | Kyoto ⓘ |
| centerOf | San-Senke ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Japanese culture ⓘ |
| field | Japanese tea ceremony ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
Mushakōjisenke
ⓘ
linked to:
Mushanokōjisenke
Omotesenke ⓘ Urasenke ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Sen Sōtan
ⓘ
Sen no Rikyū ⓘ successive iemoto of Mushakōjisenke ⓘ successive iemoto of Omotesenke ⓘ successive iemoto of Urasenke ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
formalized tea gatherings
ⓘ
lineage-based succession of tea masters ⓘ transmission of secret teachings (hiden) in tea ⓘ |
| heritage | tea master lineage ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfOrigin | Azuchi–Momoyama period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese aesthetics
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Japanese cultural history ⓘ tea ceremony schools in Japan ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Zen Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
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| knownFor |
development of the Japanese tea ceremony
ⓘ
transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| maintains | tea ceremony traditions ⓘ |
| notableAncestor | Sen no Rikyū ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Sen no Rikyū ⓘ |
| practices | tea ceremony instruction ⓘ |
| preserves | tea utensils and tearoom designs ⓘ |
| religiousOrPhilosophicalContext | wabi-cha ⓘ |
| role | hereditary iemoto of tea schools ⓘ |
| socialStatus | cultural elite ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sen family Description of subject: The Sen family is the hereditary lineage of Japanese tea masters descended from Sen no Rikyū, central to the development and transmission of the Japanese tea ceremony.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.