Five Regent Houses
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The Five Regent Houses were a group of elite kuge (court noble) families in Japan that monopolized the regency and key political influence at the imperial court during much of the Heian and subsequent periods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Five Regent Houses canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Five Regent Houses Context triple: [Kujō family, partOf, Five Regent Houses]
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A.
Regent House
Regent House is the principal governing body of the University of Cambridge, comprising its senior academic and administrative staff who make key decisions on university policy and governance.
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B.
The Exchange Regency
The Exchange Regency is a mixed-use residential condominium tower located in the Ortigas Center business district of Metro Manila, Philippines.
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C.
Henry House
Henry House is a historic home and key landmark on the Manassas National Battlefield in Virginia, associated with major Civil War fighting.
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D.
Lansdowne House
Lansdowne House was an 18th-century London townhouse renowned for its neoclassical interiors designed by the architect Robert Adam.
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E.
York House
York House was the former name of Bridgewater House, a grand aristocratic townhouse in central London historically associated with the British nobility.
- 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: Five Regent Houses Target entity description: The Five Regent Houses were a group of elite kuge (court noble) families in Japan that monopolized the regency and key political influence at the imperial court during much of the Heian and subsequent periods.
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A.
Regent House
Regent House is the principal governing body of the University of Cambridge, comprising its senior academic and administrative staff who make key decisions on university policy and governance.
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B.
The Exchange Regency
The Exchange Regency is a mixed-use residential condominium tower located in the Ortigas Center business district of Metro Manila, Philippines.
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C.
Henry House
Henry House is a historic home and key landmark on the Manassas National Battlefield in Virginia, associated with major Civil War fighting.
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D.
Lansdowne House
Lansdowne House was an 18th-century London townhouse renowned for its neoclassical interiors designed by the architect Robert Adam.
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E.
York House
York House was the former name of Bridgewater House, a grand aristocratic townhouse in central London historically associated with the British nobility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of noble families
ⓘ
kuge family group ⓘ |
| associatedClan |
Fujiwara regents
ⓘ
linked to:
Fujiwara regency system
|
| category |
Fujiwara clan lineages
ⓘ
linked to:
Fujiwara clan
Japanese noble families ⓘ Kuge ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Ichijō family
ⓘ
Konoe family ⓘ Kujō family ⓘ Nijō family ⓘ
linked to:
Kujō family
Takatsukasa family ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| courtContext | Imperial Court of Japan ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Fujiwara clan ⓘ |
| etymology | name refers to the five houses entitled to provide regents ⓘ |
| governanceModel | oligarchic control of regency offices ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
kampaku
ⓘ
sesshō ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
ⓘ
Edo period ⓘ Heian period ⓘ Kamakura period ⓘ Muromachi period ⓘ |
| influenced |
aristocratic marriage politics
ⓘ
court appointments ⓘ imperial succession politics ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | Gosekke ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| location | Kyoto ⓘ |
| maintainedPowerThrough |
hereditary succession of regent posts
ⓘ
marriage alliances with the imperial family ⓘ |
| monopolized |
key political influence at the imperial court
ⓘ
regency at the imperial court ⓘ |
| politicalRole | regent houses ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | regency government at the Japanese imperial court ⓘ |
| precededBy | single Fujiwara regent line ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | highest-ranking kuge families ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Sekkan politics ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | Kyoto Imperial Palace ⓘ |
| socialClass | kuge ⓘ |
| socialFunction | hereditary aristocracy at the imperial court ⓘ |
| statusInEdoPeriod | top rank of kuge under Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| titleHeldByMembers |
daijō-daijin
ⓘ
linked to:
Daijō-daijin
sadaijin ⓘ udaijin ⓘ
linked to:
Udaijin
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