Dejima trading post
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Dejima trading post was a small artificial island in Nagasaki that served as the Dutch East India Company’s tightly controlled trading base and Japan’s primary window to the West during the Edo period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dejima trading post canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3533880 — 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: Dejima trading post Context triple: [Nagasaki trading post, laterReplacedBy, Dejima trading post]
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A.
Nagasaki trading post
The Nagasaki trading post was a key early modern foothold of the Portuguese Empire in Japan, serving as a major hub for East–West maritime commerce and cultural exchange in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
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B.
Kubashima
Kubashima is one of the small, uninhabited islets that make up the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
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C.
Etajima
Etajima is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, historically known as the site of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.
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D.
Nanko Port Town
Nanko Port Town is a waterfront urban district in Osaka known for its modern development, commercial facilities, and proximity to the city’s port area.
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E.
Shimaore
Shimaore is a Bantu language closely related to Comorian, widely spoken by the local population of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
- 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: Dejima trading post Target entity description: Dejima trading post was a small artificial island in Nagasaki that served as the Dutch East India Company’s tightly controlled trading base and Japan’s primary window to the West during the Edo period.
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A.
Nagasaki trading post
The Nagasaki trading post was a key early modern foothold of the Portuguese Empire in Japan, serving as a major hub for East–West maritime commerce and cultural exchange in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
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B.
Kubashima
Kubashima is one of the small, uninhabited islets that make up the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
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C.
Etajima
Etajima is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, historically known as the site of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.
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D.
Nanko Port Town
Nanko Port Town is a waterfront urban district in Osaka known for its modern development, commercial facilities, and proximity to the city’s port area.
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E.
Shimaore
Shimaore is a Bantu language closely related to Comorian, widely spoken by the local population of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch trading post in Japan
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artificial island ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| accessControlledBy | Japanese authorities ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo |
Chinese traders
ⓘ
Dutch traders ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese isolationism
ⓘ
sakoku policy ⓘ |
| builtFor | Portuguese traders ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1630s ⓘ |
| constructedAs | artificial island ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Nagasaki bugyō ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| declineAfter | opening of Japan in the 1850s ⓘ |
| era | Edo period ⓘ |
| function |
Japan’s primary window to the West
ⓘ
tightly controlled trading base ⓘ |
| governedBy | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| knownFor |
astronomical and geographical knowledge transfer
ⓘ
introduction of Western science to Japan ⓘ medical knowledge transfer ⓘ rangaku (Dutch learning) ⓘ |
| languageOfTrade | Dutch ⓘ |
| laterUsedBy | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
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Kyushu ⓘ Nagasaki ⓘ Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Dutch East India Company
ⓘ
Netherlands Trading Society ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| role |
center for controlled cultural exchange between Japan and the West
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sole place of direct European–Japanese trade during much of the Edo period ⓘ |
| significance |
major conduit for Western books and ideas into Japan
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symbol of limited Western presence in isolationist Japan ⓘ |
| status | partially reconstructed historic site ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism destination in Nagasaki ⓘ |
| tradedGoods |
copper
ⓘ
medicinal products ⓘ porcelain ⓘ silk ⓘ spices ⓘ sugar ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
other European regions via Dutch intermediaries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Dutch merchants
ⓘ
Japanese officials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dejima trading post Description of subject: Dejima trading post was a small artificial island in Nagasaki that served as the Dutch East India Company’s tightly controlled trading base and Japan’s primary window to the West during the Edo period.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.