1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake

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earthquake

The 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake was a powerful late-16th-century Japanese earthquake that caused extensive destruction in the Kyoto–Osaka region and significantly impacted the political landscape of the Toyotomi regime.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake canonical	1
Keichō Fushimi earthquake	1
Keichō earthquake of 1596	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6947027 — 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: 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake
Context triple: [Fushimi Castle, destroyedIn, 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake]

A. 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake
The 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake was a major Edo-period megathrust earthquake and tsunami that struck central Japan, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Pacific coast.
B. Great Kanto earthquake
The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
C. 1944 Tonankai earthquake
The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
D. 1707 Hoei earthquake
The 1707 Hoei earthquake was a massive megathrust earthquake off southwestern Japan that triggered widespread destruction and a large tsunami, and is one of the most powerful earthquakes in Japanese history.
E. 1946 Nankai earthquake
The 1946 Nankai earthquake was a powerful megathrust earthquake off the coast of southwestern Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused widespread damage and casualties in the Nankai region.
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: 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake
Target entity description: The 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake was a powerful late-16th-century Japanese earthquake that caused extensive destruction in the Kyoto–Osaka region and significantly impacted the political landscape of the Toyotomi regime.

A. 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake
The 1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake was a major Edo-period megathrust earthquake and tsunami that struck central Japan, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Pacific coast.
B. Great Kanto earthquake
The Great Kanto earthquake was a devastating 1923 seismic disaster that struck the Tokyo-Yokohama region of Japan, causing massive destruction and loss of life.
C. 1944 Tonankai earthquake
The 1944 Tonankai earthquake was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Tōkai and Kii Peninsula regions during World War II.
D. 1707 Hoei earthquake
The 1707 Hoei earthquake was a massive megathrust earthquake off southwestern Japan that triggered widespread destruction and a large tsunami, and is one of the most powerful earthquakes in Japanese history.
E. 1946 Nankai earthquake
The 1946 Nankai earthquake was a powerful megathrust earthquake off the coast of southwestern Japan that generated a destructive tsunami and caused widespread damage and casualties in the Nankai region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	earthquake ⓘ
affectedArea	Fushimi ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Nara ⓘ Osaka ⓘ Wakasa Bay region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Keichō Fushimi earthquake ⓘ linked to: 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake Keichō earthquake of 1596 ⓘ linked to: 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake
casualties	thousands of deaths ⓘ
caused	building collapses ⓘ ground fissures ⓘ landslides ⓘ tsunami in the Inland Sea region ⓘ widespread destruction in Kyoto–Osaka region ⓘ
century	16th century ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
damage	damage to castles and fortifications ⓘ destruction of temples and shrines ⓘ severe urban damage in Kyoto ⓘ severe urban damage in Osaka ⓘ
date	1596 ⓘ
epicenterRegion	Kyoto–Osaka area ⓘ linked to: Greater Kyoto–Osaka metropolitan area
era	Keichō era ⓘ linked to: Keichō
faultType	inland crustal earthquake ⓘ
historicalContext	Toyotomi administration ⓘ linked to: Toyotomi administration of Japan unification of Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ Kinai region ⓘ linked to: Kansai region Kyoto–Osaka region ⓘ linked to: Greater Kyoto–Osaka metropolitan area
magnitudeEstimate	around 7.0–7.5 ⓘ
notableDamage	Fushimi Castle ⓘ Kyoto Imperial Palace buildings ⓘ linked to: Kyoto Imperial Palace
partOf	Japanese historical earthquakes ⓘ
politicalImpact	contributed to instability before the Battle of Sekigahara ⓘ undermined Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s authority ⓘ weakened Toyotomi regime ⓘ
recordedIn	Japanese historical chronicles ⓘ temple records ⓘ
regionTectonics	active faults in central Honshu ⓘ
scientificStudy	Japanese seismology ⓘ historical seismology ⓘ
significance	important event in late Sengoku political history ⓘ one of the major historical earthquakes of Japan ⓘ
timePeriod	Azuchi–Momoyama period ⓘ late Sengoku period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fushimi Castle → destroyedIn → 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake ⓘ

1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake → alsoKnownAs → Keichō Fushimi earthquake ⓘ

linked to: 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake

1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake → alsoKnownAs → Keichō earthquake of 1596 ⓘ