Saionji Kinmochi

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Japanese politician genrō human

Saionji Kinmochi was a prominent Japanese statesman and genrō who twice served as prime minister during the late Meiji and early Taishō periods and played a key role in shaping modern Japanese politics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saionji Kinmochi canonical	12
Saionji	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7509263 — 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: Saionji Kinmochi
Context triple: [Taishō political crisis, significantPerson, Saionji Kinmochi]

A. Higashikuni Naohisa
Higashikuni Naohisa was a Japanese prince of the Higashikuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family, known primarily as a member of this collateral imperial house.
B. Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese military leader and statesman who helped modernize Japan’s army and twice served as Prime Minister.
C. Takakichi Aso
Takakichi Aso was a Japanese businessman and politician who led the Aso mining and cement conglomerate and served in the House of Representatives.
D. Higashikuni Masahisa
Higashikuni Masahisa was a Japanese imperial prince and member of the Higashikuni-no-miya house, a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family.
E. Inukai Tsuyoshi
Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the early 1930s and was assassinated during the May 15 Incident, marking a key step in the rise of militarism in 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: Saionji Kinmochi
Target entity description: Saionji Kinmochi was a prominent Japanese statesman and genrō who twice served as prime minister during the late Meiji and early Taishō periods and played a key role in shaping modern Japanese politics.

A. Higashikuni Naohisa
Higashikuni Naohisa was a Japanese prince of the Higashikuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family, known primarily as a member of this collateral imperial house.
B. Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese military leader and statesman who helped modernize Japan’s army and twice served as Prime Minister.
C. Takakichi Aso
Takakichi Aso was a Japanese businessman and politician who led the Aso mining and cement conglomerate and served in the House of Representatives.
D. Higashikuni Masahisa
Higashikuni Masahisa was a Japanese imperial prince and member of the Higashikuni-no-miya house, a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family.
E. Inukai Tsuyoshi
Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the early 1930s and was assassinated during the May 15 Incident, marking a key step in the rise of militarism in Japan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese politician ⓘ genrō ⓘ human ⓘ
advisorTo	Emperor Meiji ⓘ Emperor Shōwa ⓘ linked to: Emperor Hirohito Emperor Taishō ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of the Chrysanthemum ⓘ Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ
birthDate	1849-12-07 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kyoto, Japan ⓘ linked to: Kyoto
clan	Saionji family ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
deathDate	1940-11-24 ⓘ
deathPlace	Okitsu, Shizuoka, Japan ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Paris ⓘ
educatedIn	France ⓘ
era	Meiji period ⓘ linked to: Meiji era Taishō period ⓘ linked to: Taisho era
familyName	Saionji ⓘ linked to: Saionji Kinmochi
givenName	Kinmochi ⓘ
ideology	liberalism ⓘ
knownFor	being the last surviving genrō ⓘ influencing Japanese politics in the early 20th century ⓘ supporting parliamentary democracy in Japan ⓘ
memberOf	Rikken Seiyūkai ⓘ kazoku ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm	Emperor Meiji ⓘ Emperor Taishō ⓘ
movement	constitutional government in Japan ⓘ
name	Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
nobleTitle	Prince ⓘ
notableWork	Promotion of party cabinet system in Japan ⓘ
officeEnd	First term as Prime Minister of Japan ended in 1908 ⓘ Second term as Prime Minister of Japan ended in 1912 ⓘ
officeStart	First term as Prime Minister of Japan began in 1906 ⓘ Second term as Prime Minister of Japan began in 1911 ⓘ
positionHeld	Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ Member of the House of Peers of Japan ⓘ Minister of Education of Japan ⓘ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ President of Rikken Seiyūkai ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ Privy Councillor of Japan ⓘ linked to: Member of the Privy Council of Japan genrō ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
socialClass	kuge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Taishō political crisis → significantPerson → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

Lord President of the Privy Council of Japan → positionHeldBy → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

Prince Saionji Kinmochi → name → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

Rikken Seiyūkai → notableLeader → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

Rikken Seiyūkai → primeMinisterFromParty → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

genrō → notableMember → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

subject linked to: genrō (elder statesman)

genrō → finalMember → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

subject linked to: genrō (elder statesman)

President of the Privy Council (Japan) → officeHeldBy → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

subject linked to: President of the Privy Council

Saionji Kinmochi → name → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

Saionji Kinmochi → familyName → Saionji ⓘ

linked to: Saionji Kinmochi

Kinmochi → givenNameOf → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

Saionji Kinmochi → familyName → Saionji ⓘ

subject linked to: Kinmochi

linked to: Saionji Kinmochi

Katsura Tarō → precededBy → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ

subject linked to: Marquess Katsura Tarō

Katsura Tarō → succeededBy → Saionji Kinmochi ⓘ