Empress Kōken
E933138
Empress Kōken was an 8th-century Japanese ruler of the Nara period who uniquely reigned twice, the second time under the name Empress Shōtoku.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Empress Kōken canonical | 2 |
| Empress Shōtoku | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11433887 — 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: Empress Kōken Context triple: [Emperor Shōmu, child, Empress Kōken]
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Empress Kōjun
Empress Kōjun was the longtime consort of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, serving as Japan’s empress during much of the Shōwa era.
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Empress Shōshi
Empress Shōshi was a Heian-period Japanese imperial consort and cultural patron whose court became a major center of literature, famously including the author Murasaki Shikibu.
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Empress Shōken
Empress Shōken was the principal consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan and a prominent imperial figure known for her support of social welfare and the Red Cross during the Meiji era.
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Empress Teimei
Empress Teimei was the consort of Emperor Taishō of Japan and served as empress during the early 20th century, a period marked by Japan’s modernization and involvement in World War I.
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E.
Empress Genshō
Empress Genshō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign known for her reign during the early Nara period, overseeing the consolidation of the imperial state and the flourishing of classical Japanese culture.
- 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: Empress Kōken Target entity description: Empress Kōken was an 8th-century Japanese ruler of the Nara period who uniquely reigned twice, the second time under the name Empress Shōtoku.
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A.
Empress Kōjun
Empress Kōjun was the longtime consort of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, serving as Japan’s empress during much of the Shōwa era.
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B.
Empress Shōshi
Empress Shōshi was a Heian-period Japanese imperial consort and cultural patron whose court became a major center of literature, famously including the author Murasaki Shikibu.
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C.
Empress Shōken
Empress Shōken was the principal consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan and a prominent imperial figure known for her support of social welfare and the Red Cross during the Meiji era.
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D.
Empress Teimei
Empress Teimei was the consort of Emperor Taishō of Japan and served as empress during the early 20th century, a period marked by Japan’s modernization and involvement in World War I.
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E.
Empress Genshō
Empress Genshō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign known for her reign during the early Nara period, overseeing the consolidation of the imperial state and the flourishing of classical Japanese culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Empress of Japan
ⓘ
Nara-period ruler ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Empress Shōtoku
NERFINISHED
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Kōken-tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ Shōtoku-tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | monk Dōkyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 718 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Heijō-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | reigned before Emperor Junnin and Emperor Kōnin ⓘ |
| conflict | political struggle with Fujiwara clan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 770 ⓘ |
| dynasticOrder |
46th monarch of Japan
ⓘ
48th monarch of Japan ⓘ |
| era | Nara period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraNameUsed |
Jingo-keiun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tenpyō-hōji NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenpyō-jingo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenpyō-shōhō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Emperor Shōmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 8th century ⓘ |
| language | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| legacy | example of female rulership in early Japan ⓘ |
| mother | Empress Kōmyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
reigning twice as Empress of Japan
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restoring herself to the throne as Empress Shōtoku ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policy | promotion of Buddhism as state religion ⓘ |
| positionHeld | sovereign of Japan ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Emperor Junnin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emperor Shōmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reign |
749–758
ⓘ
764–770 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Buddhist monarch ⓘ |
| successor |
Emperor Junnin
NERFINISHED
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Emperor Kōnin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorDynastically | Emperor Kōnin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Buddhist clergy ⓘ |
| title | Tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Empress Kōken Description of subject: Empress Kōken was an 8th-century Japanese ruler of the Nara period who uniquely reigned twice, the second time under the name Empress Shōtoku.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Empress Shōtoku