Sanshirō
E693627
Sanshirō is a classic Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki that follows a naive young man's coming-of-age journey after moving from the countryside to Tokyo in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanshirō canonical | 4 |
| Sanshiro | 2 |
| Sanshirō (television drama) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7790093 — 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: Sanshirō Context triple: [Natsume Sōseki, notableWork, Sanshirō]
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A.
Seishirō
Seishirō is a Japanese given name commonly used for male individuals.
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B.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Takamori
Takamori is the given name of Saigō Takamori, a prominent 19th-century Japanese samurai and political figure often called the "last true samurai."
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D.
Shinya
Shinya is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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E.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
- 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: Sanshirō Target entity description: Sanshirō is a classic Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki that follows a naive young man's coming-of-age journey after moving from the countryside to Tokyo in the early 20th century.
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A.
Seishirō
Seishirō is a Japanese given name commonly used for male individuals.
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B.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Takamori
Takamori is the given name of Saigō Takamori, a prominent 19th-century Japanese samurai and political figure often called the "last true samurai."
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D.
Shinya
Shinya is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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E.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Natsume Sōseki ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| depicts |
intellectual circles in Meiji Japan
ⓘ
student life in Tokyo ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | newspaper serialization ⓘ |
| followedBy | Sorekara ⓘ |
| followsCharacterFrom | countryside ⓘ |
| followsCharacterTo | Tokyo ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Sanshirō (film)
ⓘ
Sanshirō (television drama) ⓘ
linked to:
Sanshirō
|
| hasCharacter |
Hirota
ⓘ
Mineko ⓘ Nonomiya ⓘ Sanshirō Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yojirō ⓘ
linked to:
Yojiro
|
| hasEnglishTitle |
Sanshiro
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanshirō
|
| hasEnglishTranslation |
Sanshiro
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanshirō
|
| hasSubject |
personal growth
ⓘ
romantic uncertainty ⓘ university students ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
clash between tradition and modernity
ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ intellectual life in Meiji era ⓘ modernization of Japan ⓘ social awkwardness ⓘ urban vs rural life ⓘ |
| isConsidered | classic of Japanese literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Meiji era ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sanshirō Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableIn | Japanese literary canon ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOfTrilogy | Natsume Sōseki’s early trilogy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Botchan ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sanshirō Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Asahi Shimbun ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Kumamoto
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Natsume Sōseki ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Sanshirō Description of subject: Sanshirō is a classic Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki that follows a naive young man's coming-of-age journey after moving from the countryside to Tokyo in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sanshirō
linked to: Sanshirō
linked to: Sanshirō