Kumamoto Castle
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Kumamoto Castle is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant feudal castles, renowned for its imposing defensive design and role in major samurai-era conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kumamoto Castle canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4375636 — 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: Kumamoto Castle Context triple: [Siege of Kumamoto Castle, location, Kumamoto Castle]
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Kanazawa Castle
Kanazawa Castle is a historic Japanese fortress in present-day Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, long associated with the powerful Maeda clan and noted for its extensive grounds and reconstructed structures.
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Nagoya Castle
Nagoya Castle is a historic Japanese fortress in Nagoya, famous for its Edo-period architecture and iconic golden shachihoko (mythical tiger-fish) ornaments.
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Himeji Castle
Himeji Castle is a UNESCO-listed Japanese feudal castle famed for its elegant white appearance, complex defensive design, and status as one of Japan’s best-preserved original castles.
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Fushimi Castle
Fushimi Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Kyoto associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and known for its role in the late Sengoku period and early Edo period.
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Wakayama Castle
Wakayama Castle is a historic Japanese hilltop fortress in the city of Wakayama, known for its reconstructed keep, surrounding park, and role as a former stronghold of the Tokugawa clan.
- 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: Kumamoto Castle Target entity description: Kumamoto Castle is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant feudal castles, renowned for its imposing defensive design and role in major samurai-era conflicts.
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A.
Kanazawa Castle
Kanazawa Castle is a historic Japanese fortress in present-day Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, long associated with the powerful Maeda clan and noted for its extensive grounds and reconstructed structures.
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B.
Nagoya Castle
Nagoya Castle is a historic Japanese fortress in Nagoya, famous for its Edo-period architecture and iconic golden shachihoko (mythical tiger-fish) ornaments.
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C.
Himeji Castle
Himeji Castle is a UNESCO-listed Japanese feudal castle famed for its elegant white appearance, complex defensive design, and status as one of Japan’s best-preserved original castles.
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D.
Fushimi Castle
Fushimi Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Kyoto associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and known for its role in the late Sengoku period and early Edo period.
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E.
Wakayama Castle
Wakayama Castle is a historic Japanese hilltop fortress in the city of Wakayama, known for its reconstructed keep, surrounding park, and role as a former stronghold of the Tokugawa clan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese castle
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hilltop castle ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architect | Katō Kiyomasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle | Satsuma Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Katō Kiyomasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | Katō clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1607 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1601 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| damagedIn |
Kumamoto earthquakes
NERFINISHED
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Satsuma Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designatedAs |
Historic Site of Japan
NERFINISHED
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Important Cultural Property of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | fire in 1877 ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 50 meters above surrounding plain ⓘ |
| formerName | Chiba Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingClan |
Hosokawa clan
NERFINISHED
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Katō clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Honmaru Palace
NERFINISHED
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Ninomaru compound NERFINISHED ⓘ Uto Yagura turret NERFINISHED ⓘ black-lacquered exterior ⓘ curved stone bases (musha-gaeshi) ⓘ defensive gates ⓘ main keep (tenshu) ⓘ massive stone walls ⓘ moats ⓘ small keep ⓘ stone stairways ⓘ storehouses ⓘ underground passages ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ wooden turrets (yagura) ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Kumamoto Castle Museum Wakuwakuza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOngoingProject | post-2016 earthquake restoration ⓘ |
| hasReconstructedStructure |
Honmaru Goten palace
NERFINISHED
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main keep ⓘ small keep ⓘ |
| hasSurvivingOriginalStructure |
Uto Yagura
NERFINISHED
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some stone walls ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Katō Kiyomasa
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one of Japan’s three famous castles ⓘ role in samurai-era conflicts ⓘ strong defensive design ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kumamoto City
NERFINISHED
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Kumamoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Honmyōji Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGatesBefore1877 | about 18 ⓘ |
| numberOfTurretsBefore1877 | about 49 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Kumamoto City government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Three Famous Castles of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedIn | 1960 ⓘ |
| reconstructionType | concrete reconstruction of main keep ⓘ |
| region | Kyushu region of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Siege of Kumamoto Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | hirayama-style castle ⓘ |
| touristVisitorsPerYear | over one million (pre-2016) ⓘ |
| with |
Himeji Castle
NERFINISHED
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Matsumoto Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent |
1877
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2016 Kumamoto earthquakes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kumamoto Castle Description of subject: Kumamoto Castle is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant feudal castles, renowned for its imposing defensive design and role in major samurai-era conflicts.
Referenced by (8)
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