Matsukata Collection
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The Matsukata Collection is a renowned assemblage of Western art, particularly French Impressionist and modern works, formed by Japanese industrialist Kōjirō Matsukata in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matsukata Collection canonical | 2 |
| Matsukata Kojiro Collection | 1 |
| Matsukata Kōjirō Collection | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3762395 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matsukata Collection Context triple: [Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident, collectionOrigin, Matsukata Collection]
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A.
Kikkamonshō
Kikkamonshō is the Japanese name for the chrysanthemum crest that serves as the Imperial Seal of Japan, symbolizing the authority and heritage of the Japanese imperial family.
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B.
Midori no Madoguchi
Midori no Madoguchi is JR East’s staffed ticket office service in Japan, where passengers can purchase train tickets, make seat reservations, and obtain travel information.
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C.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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D.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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E.
Bansho Shirabesho
Bansho Shirabesho was a late Edo-period Japanese government institute dedicated to studying and translating Western (primarily Dutch and later English) books and sciences.
- 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: Matsukata Collection Target entity description: The Matsukata Collection is a renowned assemblage of Western art, particularly French Impressionist and modern works, formed by Japanese industrialist Kōjirō Matsukata in the early 20th century.
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A.
Kikkamonshō
Kikkamonshō is the Japanese name for the chrysanthemum crest that serves as the Imperial Seal of Japan, symbolizing the authority and heritage of the Japanese imperial family.
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B.
Midori no Madoguchi
Midori no Madoguchi is JR East’s staffed ticket office service in Japan, where passengers can purchase train tickets, make seat reservations, and obtain travel information.
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C.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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D.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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E.
Bansho Shirabesho
Bansho Shirabesho was a late Edo-period Japanese government institute dedicated to studying and translating Western (primarily Dutch and later English) books and sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art collection
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museum collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Matsukata Collection
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surface form:
Matsukata Kojiro Collection
Matsukata Collection ⓘ
surface form:
Matsukata Kōjirō Collection
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| associatedWith |
Japan–France cultural relations
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history of Western art in Japan ⓘ |
| collectionOf |
French Impressionist art
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Western art ⓘ modern art ⓘ |
| collectionPeriod |
Taisho era
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surface form:
Taishō era
early Shōwa era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Kōjirō Matsukata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| donatedBy |
Government of France
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surface form:
French government (restituted works)
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| genre |
Impressionism
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Post-Impressionism ⓘ modern art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Gates of Hell
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surface form:
The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin
The Thinker ⓘ
surface form:
The Thinker by Auguste Rodin
bronze sculptures ⓘ drawings ⓘ oil paintings ⓘ paintings ⓘ prints ⓘ sculptures ⓘ watercolors ⓘ works by Auguste Rodin ⓘ works by Camille Pissarro ⓘ works by Claude Monet ⓘ works by Edgar Degas ⓘ works by Paul Cézanne ⓘ works by Paul Gauguin ⓘ works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir ⓘ works by Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Japanese ⓘ |
| location |
National Museum of Western Art
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surface form:
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Ueno Park ⓘ
surface form:
Ueno Park, Taitō, Tokyo
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| namedAfter | Kōjirō Matsukata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large holdings of French Impressionist works
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role in introducing Western modern art to Japan ⓘ |
| owner |
National Museum of Western Art
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surface form:
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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| significantCollector | Kōjirō Matsukata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
National Museum of Western Art
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surface form:
formed basis for founding the National Museum of Western Art
partial restitution to Japan in the 1950s ⓘ partly sequestered in France after World War II ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo)
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collectionOrigin
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Matsukata Collection
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subject surface form:
Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident
this entity surface form:
Matsukata Kojiro Collection
this entity surface form:
Matsukata Kōjirō Collection