Saigō-no-Tsubone
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Saigō-no-Tsubone was a prominent Japanese noblewoman and concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu who became an influential figure in the early Edo period through her role in the Tokugawa shogunate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saigō-no-Tsubone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7709988 — 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: Saigō-no-Tsubone Context triple: [Tokugawa Hidetada, mother, Saigō-no-Tsubone]
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A.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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B.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
Akizuki
Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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D.
Furutaka
Furutaka was a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the interwar period and World War II.
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E.
Hagoita-ichi
Hagoita-ichi is a traditional year-end fair in Tokyo known for its decorative wooden paddles sold as good-luck charms, especially around the Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa.
- 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: Saigō-no-Tsubone Target entity description: Saigō-no-Tsubone was a prominent Japanese noblewoman and concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu who became an influential figure in the early Edo period through her role in the Tokugawa shogunate.
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A.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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B.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
Akizuki
Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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D.
Furutaka
Furutaka was a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the interwar period and World War II.
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E.
Hagoita-ichi
Hagoita-ichi is a traditional year-end fair in Tokyo known for its decorative wooden paddles sold as good-luck charms, especially around the Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edo-period person
ⓘ
Japanese noblewoman ⓘ concubine ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edo Castle
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Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| era |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
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Edo period ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalContext | unification of Japan under Tokugawa rule ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Kinai region
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linked to:
Kansai region
|
| honorificSuffix | no Tsubone ⓘ |
| household |
Tokugawa household
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokugawa clan
|
| influenced | Tokugawa clan succession politics ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Tokugawa shogunate court
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linked to:
Tokugawa shogunate
|
| nativeNameLanguage | ja ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Saigō clan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu
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influence in early Tokugawa shogunate politics ⓘ |
| occupation |
concubine
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noblewoman ⓘ political figure ⓘ |
| partner | Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Japan ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Tokugawa clan ⓘ |
| positionHeld | lady-in-waiting in Tokugawa household ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence |
Edo
ⓘ
Mikawa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunpu ⓘ |
| roleIn | formation of early Edo political order ⓘ |
| socialStatus | samurai-class nobility ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence | Tokugawa inner court ⓘ |
| spouse | Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ |
| title | Tsubone (court lady) ⓘ |
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: Saigō-no-Tsubone Description of subject: Saigō-no-Tsubone was a prominent Japanese noblewoman and concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu who became an influential figure in the early Edo period through her role in the Tokugawa shogunate.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.