Ugaki Kazushige
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Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ugaki Kazushige canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493867 — 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: Ugaki Kazushige Context triple: [Governor-General of Korea, officeHolder, Ugaki Kazushige]
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A.
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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B.
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi was a Japanese statesman of the early Meiji era who took part in Japan’s modernization efforts, including its landmark diplomatic and study tour abroad.
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C.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Kume Kunitake
Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.
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E.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
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.
- 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: Ugaki Kazushige Target entity description: Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
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A.
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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B.
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi
Yamaguchi Naoyoshi was a Japanese statesman of the early Meiji era who took part in Japan’s modernization efforts, including its landmark diplomatic and study tour abroad.
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C.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Kume Kunitake
Kume Kunitake was a Meiji-era Japanese scholar, historian, and statesman best known for documenting the Iwakura Mission’s journey and for his influential writings on Japan’s modernization.
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E.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Army officer
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Japanese politician ⓘ government minister of Japan ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Army War College (Japan)
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Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of the Golden Kite
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Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1868-01-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Japan
ⓘ
Okayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfService | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1956-04-30 ⓘ |
| familyName | Ugaki ⓘ |
| givenName | Kazushige ⓘ |
| ideology | Japanese militarism ⓘ |
| influenced | Japanese military policy in the interwar period ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
Japanese Army General Staff Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff
|
| movement | Tōseiha faction ⓘ |
| name | Ugaki Kazushige ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
administration of Korea under Japanese rule
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implementation of military reductions in the 1920s ⓘ |
| occupation |
imperial administrator
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military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Governor-General of Korea, 1936
ⓘ
Minister of War of Japan, 1927 ⓘ Minister of War of Japan, 1931 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Governor-General of Korea, 1931
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Minister of War of Japan, 1924 ⓘ Minister of War of Japan, 1931 ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Japanese expansion in East Asia
ⓘ
Taishō political crisis ⓘ pre-World War II Japanese imperial administration ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Japan
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Education Minister of Japan
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Foreign Minister of Japan ⓘ Governor-General of Korea ⓘ Home Minister of Japan ⓘ Minister of War of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Army Minister of Japan
member of the House of Peers of Japan ⓘ |
| wasCandidateForOffice | Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ugaki Kazushige Description of subject: Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.