Imagawa clan
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The Imagawa clan was a powerful samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for its regional dominance in Tōtōmi and Suruga Provinces before its sudden decline following defeat by Oda Nobunaga.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Imagawa clan canonical | 14 |
| Imagawa army | 1 |
| Imagawa clan power rapidly declined | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11867450 — 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: Imagawa clan Context triple: [Battle of Okehazama, combatant, Imagawa clan]
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A.
Takeda clan
The Takeda clan was a powerful samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for its famed warlord Takeda Shingen and its military prowess in central Honshu.
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B.
Nagao clan
The Nagao clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as the original family of the famed warlord Uesugi Kenshin before his adoption into the Uesugi clan.
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C.
Ikeda clan
The Ikeda clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence as feudal lords (daimyō) during the Sengoku and Edo periods.
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D.
Hosokawa clan
The Hosokawa clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence as influential shugo (military governors) and key political players during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods.
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E.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- 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: Imagawa clan Target entity description: The Imagawa clan was a powerful samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for its regional dominance in Tōtōmi and Suruga Provinces before its sudden decline following defeat by Oda Nobunaga.
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A.
Takeda clan
The Takeda clan was a powerful samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for its famed warlord Takeda Shingen and its military prowess in central Honshu.
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B.
Nagao clan
The Nagao clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as the original family of the famed warlord Uesugi Kenshin before his adoption into the Uesugi clan.
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C.
Ikeda clan
The Ikeda clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence as feudal lords (daimyō) during the Sengoku and Edo periods.
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D.
Hosokawa clan
The Hosokawa clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence as influential shugo (military governors) and key political players during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods.
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E.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Imagawa clan
linked to: Imagawa clan