Kenkyū
E870174
Kenkyū was a Japanese era (nengō) of the late Heian period, notable as one of the reign periods of Emperor Go-Toba.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kenkyū canonical | 3 |
| NDL:00624088 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10548978 — 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: Kenkyū Context triple: [Emperor Go-Toba, eraNameUsed, Kenkyū]
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A.
Nihon Shirīzu
Nihon Shirīzu is the annual championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, determining the league’s overall champion.
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B.
Shinshukyo
Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
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C.
Kindai
Kindai is a major private university in Japan known for its comprehensive academic programs and strong research in fields such as science, engineering, and fisheries.
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D.
Kudanshita
Kudanshita is a district and major subway station area in central Tokyo known for its proximity to the Imperial Palace, Yasukuni Shrine, and several universities and office buildings.
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E.
Jūyō Bunkazai
Jūyō Bunkazai are officially designated Important Cultural Properties in Japan, recognized by the government for their significant historical, artistic, or academic value and protected under cultural heritage laws.
- 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: Kenkyū Target entity description: Kenkyū was a Japanese era (nengō) of the late Heian period, notable as one of the reign periods of Emperor Go-Toba.
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A.
Nihon Shirīzu
Nihon Shirīzu is the annual championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, determining the league’s overall champion.
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B.
Shinshukyo
Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
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C.
Kindai
Kindai is a major private university in Japan known for its comprehensive academic programs and strong research in fields such as science, engineering, and fisheries.
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D.
Kudanshita
Kudanshita is a district and major subway station area in central Tokyo known for its proximity to the Imperial Palace, Yasukuni Shrine, and several universities and office buildings.
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E.
Jūyō Bunkazai
Jūyō Bunkazai are officially designated Important Cultural Properties in Japan, recognized by the government for their significant historical, artistic, or academic value and protected under cultural heritage laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese era name
ⓘ
nengō ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmperor | Emperor Go-Toba ⓘ |
| calendarType | Japanese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| chronologicalRole | links late Heian period to early Kamakura period ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| eraNameSystem | posthumously applied to years in historical writing ⓘ |
| eraSystem | Japanese nengō system ⓘ |
| followedBy | Shōji ⓘ |
| follows | Bunji ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringEra | Imperial court with emerging samurai governance ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from Heian to Kamakura political structures ⓘ |
| language | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | late Heian period ⓘ |
| namedAfter | concept of “research” or “study” (kenkyū) ⓘ |
| partOf | chronology of Japanese era names ⓘ |
| precededBy | Bunji ⓘ |
| precedes | Shōji ⓘ |
| region |
Honshū and surrounding Japanese territories
ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese archipelago
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| reignOf | Emperor Go-Toba ⓘ |
| usedAs | era designation in official documents ⓘ |
| usedFor | dating years in chronicles and official records ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Imperial court of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Court of Japan
|
| writingSystem | kanji ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kenkyū Description of subject: Kenkyū was a Japanese era (nengō) of the late Heian period, notable as one of the reign periods of Emperor Go-Toba.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kenkyū