Midaregami
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Midaregami is a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese tanka poetry collection renowned for its passionate, sensual, and feminist themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Midaregami canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Midaregami Context triple: [Yosano Akiko, notableWork, Midaregami]
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A.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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B.
Gaimu-shō
Gaimu-shō is Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for managing the country’s diplomatic relations and international policies.
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C.
Koimonogatari
Koimonogatari is a story arc in Nisio Isin's Monogatari light novel and anime series that focuses on Hitagi Senjougahara and Kaiki Deishuu during the events surrounding the "Hitagi End" storyline.
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D.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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E.
Kikkamonshō
Kikkamonshō is the Japanese name for the chrysanthemum crest that serves as the Imperial Seal of Japan, symbolizing the authority and heritage of the Japanese imperial family.
- 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: Midaregami Target entity description: Midaregami is a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese tanka poetry collection renowned for its passionate, sensual, and feminist themes.
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A.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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B.
Gaimu-shō
Gaimu-shō is Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for managing the country’s diplomatic relations and international policies.
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C.
Koimonogatari
Koimonogatari is a story arc in Nisio Isin's Monogatari light novel and anime series that focuses on Hitagi Senjougahara and Kaiki Deishuu during the events surrounding the "Hitagi End" storyline.
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D.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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E.
Kikkamonshō
Kikkamonshō is the Japanese name for the chrysanthemum crest that serves as the Imperial Seal of Japan, symbolizing the authority and heritage of the Japanese imperial family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry collection
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tanka collection ⓘ |
| alternateEnglishTitle |
Disheveled Hair
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linked to:
Tangled Hair
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| associatedWith |
Myōjō magazine
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linked to:
Myōjō literary magazine
Yosano Tekkan ⓘ |
| author | Yosano Akiko ⓘ |
| containsPoeticPersona | passionate young woman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
controversial at time of publication
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later highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| form | tanka ⓘ |
| genre |
Japanese poetry
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tanka ⓘ |
| influenced |
Taishō and Shōwa era poets
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modern Japanese women’s poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
feminist literature
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modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
key work in the history of Japanese feminist writing
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landmark of early modern Japanese lyric poetry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenge to Meiji-era social norms
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innovative use of classical tanka form ⓘ passionate expression of female sexuality ⓘ pioneering feminist perspective in Japanese poetry ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 399 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| periodDepicted |
Meiji period
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linked to:
Meiji era
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| periodStyle | early modern Japanese poetry ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hakubunkan ⓘ |
| setting |
late Meiji Japan
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linked to:
Meiji era
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| style |
emotionally direct
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imagistic ⓘ intensely lyrical ⓘ |
| theme |
bodily autonomy
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emotional intensity ⓘ eroticism ⓘ female desire ⓘ feminism ⓘ individualism ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ motherhood ⓘ romantic love ⓘ sensuality ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Tangled Hair ⓘ |
| uses |
classical allusions
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innovative diction ⓘ |
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Subject: Midaregami Description of subject: Midaregami is a pioneering early 20th-century Japanese tanka poetry collection renowned for its passionate, sensual, and feminist themes.
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Hō Shō