Tatsuno Kingo
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Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent Japanese architect of the Meiji era, best known for pioneering Western-style brick architecture in Japan and designing landmark buildings such as Tokyo Station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tatsuno Kingo canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1114149 — 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: Tatsuno Kingo Context triple: [Bank of Japan, architect, Tatsuno Kingo]
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A.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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B.
Hyakutake Kenkichi
Hyakutake Kenkichi was a Japanese Imperial Navy admiral who played a significant role in Japan’s naval operations during the early 20th century.
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C.
Beppu Shinsuke
Beppu Shinsuke was a samurai and military leader who played a prominent role as one of the key figures in Saigō Takamori’s forces during the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government in 1877.
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D.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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E.
Isogai Rensuke
Isogai Rensuke was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including at major engagements such as the Battle of Taierzhuang.
- 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: Tatsuno Kingo Target entity description: Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent Japanese architect of the Meiji era, best known for pioneering Western-style brick architecture in Japan and designing landmark buildings such as Tokyo Station.
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A.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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B.
Hyakutake Kenkichi
Hyakutake Kenkichi was a Japanese Imperial Navy admiral who played a significant role in Japan’s naval operations during the early 20th century.
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C.
Beppu Shinsuke
Beppu Shinsuke was a samurai and military leader who played a prominent role as one of the key figures in Saigō Takamori’s forces during the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government in 1877.
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D.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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E.
Isogai Rensuke
Isogai Rensuke was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including at major engagements such as the Battle of Taierzhuang.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese architect
ⓘ
architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1854-10-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1919-03-25 ⓘ |
| designed |
Bank of Japan Head Office Building
ⓘ
surface form:
Bank of Japan main building in Tokyo
Mitsui Bank Osaka branch ⓘ Mitsui Club in Mito ⓘ Nippon Kangyo Bank main office in Tokyo ⓘ Tokyo Station ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building
|
| educatedAt |
Tokyo Institute of Technology
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial College of Engineering (Tokyo)
University of London ⓘ |
| employer |
Tokyo Institute of Technology
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial College of Engineering (Tokyo)
Tokyo Daigaku ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Imperial University
|
| era |
Meiji era
ⓘ
Taisho era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Tatsuno ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
bank buildings
ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ railway stations ⓘ |
| givenName | Kingo ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Japanese architecture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British Victorian architecture
ⓘ
European historicist architecture ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Architectural Institute of Japan
ⓘ
House of Peers of Japan ⓘ
surface form:
House of Peers (Japan)
|
| movement |
Meiji era architecture
ⓘ
Western-style architecture in Japan ⓘ |
| name | Tatsuno Kingo self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 辰野金吾 ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering Western-style brick architecture in Japan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bank of Japan Head Office Building
ⓘ
surface form:
Bank of Japan Head Office
Shinjuku Mitsui Building ⓘ
surface form:
Mitsui Bank buildings
Nippon Kangyo Bank building ⓘ Osaka City Central Public Hall (as advisor) ⓘ Tokyo Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Karatsu, Saga, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
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| positionHeld |
member of the House of Peers (Japan)
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professor of architecture ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Josiah Conder ⓘ |
| style |
Spanish Baroque Revival
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surface form:
Neo-Baroque architecture
Renaissance Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Renaissance Revival architecture
red-brick architecture ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Osaka
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tatsuno Kingo Description of subject: Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent Japanese architect of the Meiji era, best known for pioneering Western-style brick architecture in Japan and designing landmark buildings such as Tokyo Station.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.