Keiō
E626488
Keiō was the final Japanese era of the Edo period, spanning the turbulent years leading up to the Meiji Restoration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keiō canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6897243 — 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: Keiō Context triple: [Emperor Kōmei, eraNameUsedDuringReign, Keiō]
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A.
Keihō
Keihō is the primary criminal law code of Japan that defines offenses and their penalties.
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B.
Meijō
Meijō is the Japanese name for Nagoya Castle, a historic and iconic samurai-era fortress in Nagoya, Japan.
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C.
Kyodai
Kyodai is the common abbreviated name for Kyoto University, one of Japan’s most prestigious national research universities.
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D.
Kichijōji
Kichijōji is a popular Tokyo neighborhood known for its trendy shopping streets, vibrant dining and nightlife, and the expansive Inokashira Park.
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E.
Kansai Kūkō
Kansai Kūkō is a major international airport built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, serving the Kansai region of Japan.
- 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: Keiō Target entity description: Keiō was the final Japanese era of the Edo period, spanning the turbulent years leading up to the Meiji Restoration.
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A.
Keihō
Keihō is the primary criminal law code of Japan that defines offenses and their penalties.
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B.
Meijō
Meijō is the Japanese name for Nagoya Castle, a historic and iconic samurai-era fortress in Nagoya, Japan.
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C.
Kyodai
Kyodai is the common abbreviated name for Kyoto University, one of Japan’s most prestigious national research universities.
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D.
Kichijōji
Kichijōji is a popular Tokyo neighborhood known for its trendy shopping streets, vibrant dining and nightlife, and the expansive Inokashira Park.
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E.
Kansai Kūkō
Kansai Kūkō is a major international airport built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, serving the Kansai region of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese era
ⓘ
nengō ⓘ |
| associatedShogun |
Tokugawa Iemochi
ⓘ
Tokugawa Yoshinobu ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Japanese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| capital | Edo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endYear | 1868 ⓘ |
| eraChangeReason | political instability and need to mark a new beginning ⓘ |
| eraNumber | 136 ⓘ |
| finalEraOf | Edo period ⓘ |
| follows | Genji ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
era immediately preceding Japan’s rapid modernization in Meiji period
ⓘ
last era name used under the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Keiō (era name meaning “Jubilant Answer” or “Auspicious Response”) ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Boshin War
ⓘ
Meiji Restoration ⓘ Satsuma–Chōshū Alliance ⓘ
linked to:
Satchō Alliance
Second Chōshū expedition ⓘ Taisei Hōkan (restoration of political authority to the Emperor) ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji Restoration
accession of Emperor Meiji ⓘ death of Emperor Kōmei ⓘ |
| period | Edo period ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
decline of Tokugawa shogunate
ⓘ
rise of imperial loyalist domains ⓘ |
| precedes |
Meiji
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
|
| region | Japanese archipelago ⓘ |
| reigningEmperor |
Emperor Kōmei
ⓘ
Emperor Meiji ⓘ |
| startYear | 1865 ⓘ |
| writingSystemOfName | kanji ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Keiō Description of subject: Keiō was the final Japanese era of the Edo period, spanning the turbulent years leading up to the Meiji Restoration.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.