Kusamakura
E693795
Kusamakura is a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki that blends poetic prose, philosophical reflection, and aesthetic contemplation through the journey of an artist in a remote mountain hot-spring village.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kusamakura canonical | 1 |
| Kusamakura (1957 film) | 1 |
| Kusamakura (1962 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7790096 — 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: Kusamakura Context triple: [Natsume Sōseki, notableWork, Kusamakura]
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A.
Takamikura
Takamikura is the ornate imperial throne used in Kyoto for the enthronement ceremonies of Japanese emperors.
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B.
Kibushi
Kibushi is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mayotte, where it serves as one of the island’s main regional languages.
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C.
Namakura
Namakura is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Efate in Vanuatu.
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D.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
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E.
Koromo
Koromo was the former name of what is now Toyota City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, historically known as a regional center before becoming synonymous with the Toyota automobile company.
- 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: Kusamakura Target entity description: Kusamakura is a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki that blends poetic prose, philosophical reflection, and aesthetic contemplation through the journey of an artist in a remote mountain hot-spring village.
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A.
Takamikura
Takamikura is the ornate imperial throne used in Kyoto for the enthronement ceremonies of Japanese emperors.
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B.
Kibushi
Kibushi is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Mayotte, where it serves as one of the island’s main regional languages.
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C.
Namakura
Namakura is an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Efate in Vanuatu.
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D.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
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E.
Koromo
Koromo was the former name of what is now Toyota City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, historically known as a regional center before becoming synonymous with the Toyota automobile company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Natsume Sōseki ⓘ |
| contains |
literary criticism
ⓘ
philosophical reflection ⓘ poetic description of nature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle |
Grass Pillow
ⓘ
The Three-Cornered World ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | newspaper serialization ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
inner life of the artist
ⓘ
relationship between art and life ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Kusamakura (1957 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kusamakura
Kusamakura (1962 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Kusamakura
television drama adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Nami
ⓘ
nameless painter-narrator ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Grass Pillow ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chinese poetry
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
haiku aesthetics ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | artist ⓘ |
| movement | modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of the concept of the detached observer
ⓘ
fusion of narrative and essayistic reflection ⓘ highly allusive literary style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Natsume Sōseki bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| publisher | Asahi Shimbun ⓘ |
| setting |
hot-spring village
ⓘ
remote mountain village ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| style |
contemplative
ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ poetic prose ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetics
ⓘ
art ⓘ beauty ⓘ detachment ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Meiji era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kusamakura Description of subject: Kusamakura is a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki that blends poetic prose, philosophical reflection, and aesthetic contemplation through the journey of an artist in a remote mountain hot-spring village.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kusamakura
linked to: Kusamakura