Ōkubo Toshimichi
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Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ōkubo Toshimichi canonical | 8 |
| Okubo Toshimichi | 2 |
| 大久保利通 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493689 — 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.
Target entity: Ōkubo Toshimichi Context triple: [Iwakura Mission, participant, Ōkubo Toshimichi]
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Matsui Iwane
Matsui Iwane was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army best known for commanding Japanese forces during the invasion of China and being held responsible for the Nanjing Massacre, for which he was later convicted and executed as a war criminal.
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Katō Tomosaburō
Katō Tomosaburō was a prominent early 20th-century Japanese naval officer and statesman who rose to become a leading admiral and later served as Prime Minister of Japan.
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Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Mutaguchi Renya
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general best known for commanding the ill-fated Imphal offensive in Burma during World War II.
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E.
Terauchi Masatake
Terauchi Masatake was a Japanese military officer and statesman who served as the first Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ōkubo Toshimichi Target entity description: Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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A.
Matsui Iwane
Matsui Iwane was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army best known for commanding Japanese forces during the invasion of China and being held responsible for the Nanjing Massacre, for which he was later convicted and executed as a war criminal.
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B.
Katō Tomosaburō
Katō Tomosaburō was a prominent early 20th-century Japanese naval officer and statesman who rose to become a leading admiral and later served as Prime Minister of Japan.
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C.
Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Hasegawa Yoshimichi was a Japanese colonial administrator who served in a prominent governmental role in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Mutaguchi Renya
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general best known for commanding the ill-fated Imphal offensive in Burma during World War II.
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E.
Terauchi Masatake
Terauchi Masatake was a Japanese military officer and statesman who served as the first Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese statesman
ⓘ
Meiji oligarch ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocated |
rapid industrialization of Japan
ⓘ
state-led economic development ⓘ |
| ally |
Itō Hirobumi
ⓘ
Kido Takayoshi ⓘ Saigō Takamori ⓘ Yamagata Aritomo ⓘ |
| architectOf |
abolition of the han system
ⓘ
centralized modern bureaucracy in Japan ⓘ creation of prefectural system in Japan ⓘ land tax reform in early Meiji Japan ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1830-09-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kagoshima, Japan
ⓘ
Kagoshima Domain ⓘ
surface form:
Satsuma Domain
|
| burialPlace | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1878-05-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
|
| domainOfActivity |
government
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Satsuma domain school ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji era
ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji period
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Ōkubo ⓘ |
| from | Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Toshimichi ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| influenced |
formation of modern Japanese state
ⓘ
later Meiji leaders ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed by samurai opponents ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Meiji oligarchy
ⓘ
Kagoshima Domain ⓘ
surface form:
Satsuma Domain leadership
|
| movement |
Meiji Restoration
ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji reform movement
sonnō jōi movement ⓘ |
| name | Ōkubo Toshimichi self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Ōkubo Toshimichi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
大久保利通
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| notableFor |
centralization of the Japanese state
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leading role in the Meiji Restoration ⓘ modernization of Japan ⓘ |
| opposed | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Meiji Restoration
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overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
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surface form:
Home Minister of Japan
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations ⓘ
surface form:
Lord of Home Affairs
de facto leader of the Meiji government ⓘ member of the Council of State ⓘ |
| reasonForTravel | study Western political and economic systems ⓘ |
| religion | likely Shinto-Buddhist (typical of samurai of his era) ⓘ |
| socialClass | samurai ⓘ |
| supported | Emperor Meiji ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Europe
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
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Subject: Ōkubo Toshimichi Description of subject: Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Referenced by (11)
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