Ashikaga Takauji
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Ashikaga Takauji was the founder and first shogun of Japan’s Ashikaga (Muromachi) shogunate, who overthrew the Kamakura shogunate and played a central role in the turbulent transition of power in the 14th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ashikaga Takauji canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11749780 — 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: Ashikaga Takauji Context triple: [Kemmu era, associatedShogun, Ashikaga Takauji]
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A.
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and first shogun of Japan’s Kamakura shogunate, establishing the country’s first military government in the late 12th century.
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B.
Minamoto no Yoshinaka
Minamoto no Yoshinaka was a 12th-century Japanese samurai general of the Genpei War who briefly seized control of Kyoto before being defeated by his Minamoto cousins.
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C.
Ashikaga Yoshimi
Ashikaga Yoshimi was a 15th-century Japanese shogunal prince whose contested claim to the Ashikaga shogunate helped trigger the Ōnin War and the subsequent Sengoku period.
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D.
Ashikaga Yoshihisa
Ashikaga Yoshihisa was the ninth shogun of Japan’s Ashikaga shogunate during the turbulent early Sengoku period, whose rule followed the devastation of the Ōnin War and was marked by continued civil strife and weakening central authority.
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E.
Minamoto no Sanetomo
Minamoto no Sanetomo was the third shogun of Japan’s Kamakura shogunate, known for his role as a politically constrained military ruler and as a distinguished waka poet.
- 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: Ashikaga Takauji Target entity description: Ashikaga Takauji was the founder and first shogun of Japan’s Ashikaga (Muromachi) shogunate, who overthrew the Kamakura shogunate and played a central role in the turbulent transition of power in the 14th century.
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A.
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and first shogun of Japan’s Kamakura shogunate, establishing the country’s first military government in the late 12th century.
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B.
Minamoto no Yoshinaka
Minamoto no Yoshinaka was a 12th-century Japanese samurai general of the Genpei War who briefly seized control of Kyoto before being defeated by his Minamoto cousins.
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C.
Ashikaga Yoshimi
Ashikaga Yoshimi was a 15th-century Japanese shogunal prince whose contested claim to the Ashikaga shogunate helped trigger the Ōnin War and the subsequent Sengoku period.
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D.
Ashikaga Yoshihisa
Ashikaga Yoshihisa was the ninth shogun of Japan’s Ashikaga shogunate during the turbulent early Sengoku period, whose rule followed the devastation of the Ōnin War and was marked by continued civil strife and weakening central authority.
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E.
Minamoto no Sanetomo
Minamoto no Sanetomo was the third shogun of Japan’s Kamakura shogunate, known for his role as a politically constrained military ruler and as a distinguished waka poet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.