Genmei
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Genmei was an 8th-century Japanese empress of the Nara period known for establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Genmei canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8182733 — 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: Genmei Context triple: [Empress Genmei, givenName, Genmei]
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A.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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B.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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C.
Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni
Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni is the terrestrial realm of humans in Japanese mythology, situated between the heavenly and underworld domains.
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D.
Ama-no-ukihashi
Ama-no-ukihashi is a mythical "floating bridge of heaven" in Japanese Shinto cosmology that links the heavenly realm of the gods with the earthly world.
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E.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
- 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: Genmei Target entity description: Genmei was an 8th-century Japanese empress of the Nara period known for establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).
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A.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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B.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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C.
Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni
Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni is the terrestrial realm of humans in Japanese mythology, situated between the heavenly and underworld domains.
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D.
Ama-no-ukihashi
Ama-no-ukihashi is a mythical "floating bridge of heaven" in Japanese Shinto cosmology that links the heavenly realm of the gods with the earthly world.
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E.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Empress of Japan
ⓘ
Japanese monarch ⓘ human ⓘ |
| abdicationYear | 715 ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | early Nara period ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Heijō-kyō
ⓘ
linked to:
Nara
|
| birthYear | 661 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nara ⓘ |
| capitalEstablished |
Heijō-kyō
ⓘ
linked to:
Nara
|
| capitalLocation | present-day Nara ⓘ |
| child |
Genshō
ⓘ
Monmu ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | classical Japanese court culture ⓘ |
| deathYear | 721 ⓘ |
| era | Nara period ⓘ |
| eraNameUsed | Wadō ⓘ |
| father | Tenji ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringReign |
ritsuryō state
ⓘ
linked to:
ritsuryō system
|
| knownFor |
establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō
ⓘ
moving the Japanese capital to present-day Nara ⓘ |
| languageOfRule | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| monarchNumber | 43rd monarch of Japan ⓘ |
| mother | Soga no Mei-no-iratsume ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Empress Genmei ⓘ |
| notableEventDuringReign |
discovery of copper in Musashi Province
ⓘ
promulgation of the Wadō coinage ⓘ |
| notablePolicy | promotion of Nara as permanent capital ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Empress regnant of Japan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Monmu ⓘ |
| reasonForAccession | succession after the death of Emperor Monmu ⓘ |
| regnalStatus | empress regnant (not consort) ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 715 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 707 ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Yamato dynasty ⓘ |
| spouse | Prince Kusakabe ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | Tennō ⓘ |
| successor | Genshō ⓘ |
| successorAsCapital |
Heian-kyō (later capital)
ⓘ
linked to:
Heian-kyō (Kyoto, fictionalized)
Nagaoka-kyō (later capital) ⓘ
linked to:
Nagaoka-kyō
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| titleAtDeath | Daijō Tennō ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Genmei Description of subject: Genmei was an 8th-century Japanese empress of the Nara period known for establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.