Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku
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Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku was a pioneering private academy in Osaka that specialized in rangaku (Dutch and Western studies) and trained many leading figures of Japan’s modernization in the late Edo period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13544251 — 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: Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku Context triple: [Fukuzawa Yukichi, educatedAt, Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku]
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A.
Kanagawa-juku
Kanagawa-juku was a post station along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, serving as a key rest and relay point for travelers during the Edo period.
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B.
Mishima-juku
Mishima-juku was a historic post station and lodging town along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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C.
Kakegawa Kachōen
Kakegawa Kachōen is a popular Japanese bird and flower park known for its large walk-through aviaries, interactive bird shows, and extensive floral displays.
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D.
Taihoku-shū
Taihoku-shū was a Japanese colonial administrative prefecture in Taiwan that encompassed the area around present-day Taipei during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Kappabashi Dogu-gai
Kappabashi Dogu-gai is a famous Tokyo shopping street known for its many specialty stores selling kitchenware, restaurant supplies, and realistic plastic food models.
- 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: Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku Target entity description: Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku was a pioneering private academy in Osaka that specialized in rangaku (Dutch and Western studies) and trained many leading figures of Japan’s modernization in the late Edo period.
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A.
Kanagawa-juku
Kanagawa-juku was a post station along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, serving as a key rest and relay point for travelers during the Edo period.
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B.
Mishima-juku
Mishima-juku was a historic post station and lodging town along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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C.
Kakegawa Kachōen
Kakegawa Kachōen is a popular Japanese bird and flower park known for its large walk-through aviaries, interactive bird shows, and extensive floral displays.
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D.
Taihoku-shū
Taihoku-shū was a Japanese colonial administrative prefecture in Taiwan that encompassed the area around present-day Taipei during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Kappabashi Dogu-gai
Kappabashi Dogu-gai is a famous Tokyo shopping street known for its many specialty stores selling kitchenware, restaurant supplies, and realistic plastic food models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution in Japan
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private academy ⓘ rangaku school ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Osaka intellectual community
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rangaku movement ⓘ |
| buildingLocation | Osaka, Nakanoshima area ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| educationalPhilosophy | emphasis on empirical Western science ⓘ |
| educationType | terakoya-style private school ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Western learning
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ogata Kōan ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic site in Osaka ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
適塾
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linked to:
Shōka Sonjuku academy
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| hasStudent |
Fukuzawa Yukichi
ⓘ
Hashimoto Sanai ⓘ Nagasawa Uta ⓘ Sano Tsunetami ⓘ Ōmura Masujirō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Bakumatsu
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linked to:
Bakumatsu period
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| influenced |
Meiji-era leadership
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modernization of Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ogata Kōan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering Western-style education in Japan
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training many leading figures of Japan’s modernization ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | late Edo period ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
Osaka University School of Medicine
ⓘ
linked to:
Osaka University Medical School
|
| specializedIn |
Dutch studies
ⓘ
Western studies ⓘ rangaku ⓘ |
| status | former school ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku Description of subject: Ogata Kōan's Tekijuku was a pioneering private academy in Osaka that specialized in rangaku (Dutch and Western studies) and trained many leading figures of Japan’s modernization in the late Edo period.
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