Tsuguharu Foujita
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Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tsuguharu Foujita canonical | 3 |
| Foujita | 1 |
| Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2013434 — 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: Tsuguharu Foujita Context triple: [Académie Julian, student, Tsuguharu Foujita]
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A.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Anami Korechika
Anami Korechika was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who later served as Japan’s War Minister during the final stages of World War II.
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C.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige was a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e master best known for his poetic landscape prints, particularly the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō."
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D.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai was a pioneering Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker best known internationally for his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji," including the iconic "The Great Wave off Kanagawa."
- 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: Tsuguharu Foujita Target entity description: Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
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A.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Anami Korechika
Anami Korechika was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who later served as Japan’s War Minister during the final stages of World War II.
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C.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige was a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e master best known for his poetic landscape prints, particularly the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō."
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D.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai was a pioneering Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker best known internationally for his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji," including the iconic "The Great Wave off Kanagawa."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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illustrator ⓘ member of the École de Paris ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| activeIn |
France
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique | ink-and-milk-white painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Amedeo Modigliani
ⓘ
École de Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Montparnasse artists
Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1886-11-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tokyo ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Catholicism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Japan ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1968-01-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Zurich ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tokyo University of the Arts
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo School of Fine Arts
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName |
Tsuguharu Foujita
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Foujita
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| field |
drawing
ⓘ
painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| genre |
animal painting
ⓘ
figure painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Tsuguharu ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| movedTo | Paris ⓘ |
| movement |
Modern art
ⓘ
École de Paris ⓘ |
| name |
Tsuguharu Foujita
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Tsuguharu Foujita self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 藤田 嗣治 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
nudes
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paintings of cats ⓘ portraits ⓘ use of milk-white ground ⓘ |
| notableWork |
cat drawings and prints
ⓘ
portraits of women with milky white skin ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Montparnasse ⓘ |
| spouse |
Fernande Barrey
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Kimiyo Foujita ⓘ Lucie Badoul ⓘ Madeleine Lequeux ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tsuguharu Foujita Description of subject: Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
this entity surface form:
Foujita