Ohara Museum of Art
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The Ohara Museum of Art is a renowned private art museum in Kurashiki, Japan, best known for being the country’s first museum to permanently exhibit Western art, including works by major European masters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ohara Museum of Art canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6984099 — 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: Ohara Museum of Art Context triple: [Kurashiki, hasMuseum, Ohara Museum of Art]
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A.
Shoto Museum of Art
Shoto Museum of Art is a small public art museum in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting.
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B.
Yokohama Museum of Art
The Yokohama Museum of Art is a major Japanese art museum known for its modern and contemporary collections, striking postmodern architecture, and prominent cultural role in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama.
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C.
Setagaya Art Museum
Setagaya Art Museum is a public art museum in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward, known for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and its location within Kinuta Park.
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D.
Suntory Museum of Art
The Suntory Museum of Art is a Tokyo art museum renowned for its rotating exhibitions of traditional Japanese art and design, located within the Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi.
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E.
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art was a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in Tokyo, Japan, housed in a former private residence and known for its cutting-edge exhibitions and intimate architectural setting.
- 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: Ohara Museum of Art Target entity description: The Ohara Museum of Art is a renowned private art museum in Kurashiki, Japan, best known for being the country’s first museum to permanently exhibit Western art, including works by major European masters.
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A.
Shoto Museum of Art
Shoto Museum of Art is a small public art museum in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting.
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B.
Yokohama Museum of Art
The Yokohama Museum of Art is a major Japanese art museum known for its modern and contemporary collections, striking postmodern architecture, and prominent cultural role in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama.
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C.
Setagaya Art Museum
Setagaya Art Museum is a public art museum in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward, known for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and its location within Kinuta Park.
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D.
Suntory Museum of Art
The Suntory Museum of Art is a Tokyo art museum renowned for its rotating exhibitions of traditional Japanese art and design, located within the Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi.
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E.
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art was a renowned modern and contemporary art museum in Tokyo, Japan, housed in a former private residence and known for its cutting-edge exhibitions and intimate architectural setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Western-style architecture ⓘ |
| collectionType |
Japanese art
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Western art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ modern art ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| exhibitsWorkBy |
Amedeo Modigliani
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Claude Monet ⓘ Edgar Degas ⓘ El Greco ⓘ Fujishima Takeji ⓘ Henri Matisse ⓘ Hiraiwa Kōtarō ⓘ Jackson Pollock ⓘ Kandinsky ⓘ
linked to:
Wassily Kandinsky
Kuroda Seiki ⓘ Marc Chagall ⓘ Munakata Shikō ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ Paul Gauguin ⓘ Pierre-Auguste Renoir ⓘ Rodin ⓘ
linked to:
Auguste Rodin
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| founder | Magosaburō Ōhara ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Bizen ware
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linked to:
Bizen-yaki pottery
Egyptian antiquities ⓘ Greco-Roman antiquities ⓘ Islamic ceramics ⓘ Japanese folk art ⓘ Mingei movement works ⓘ Oriental art ⓘ crafts ⓘ paintings ⓘ prints ⓘ sculptures ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Annex
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Asian Art Gallery ⓘ Crafts Gallery ⓘ Greco-Roman Gallery ⓘ Main Gallery ⓘ Rodin’s Garden ⓘ
linked to:
Jardin du Musée Rodin
|
| inception | 1930 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bikan Historical Quarter
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Honshu ⓘ Kurashiki ⓘ Okayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Magosaburō Ōhara ⓘ |
| notableFor |
location in Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
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pioneering Western art collection in Japan ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Ohara Foundation
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linked to:
Ishibashi Foundation
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| owner |
Ohara Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
Ishibashi Foundation
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| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| significantEvent | first museum in Japan to permanently exhibit Western art ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Ohara Museum of Art Description of subject: The Ohara Museum of Art is a renowned private art museum in Kurashiki, Japan, best known for being the country’s first museum to permanently exhibit Western art, including works by major European masters.
Referenced by (5)
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