Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument

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monument

The Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument is a memorial in Nagasaki, Japan, honoring the 26 Christians executed there in 1597 and symbolizing the persecution and resilience of early Japanese Christianity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument canonical	2
Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum	1
Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan monument	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7103954 — 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: Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument
Context triple: [Catholic community of Nagasaki, hasImportantSite, Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument]

A. Erqi Memorial Tower
Erqi Memorial Tower is a prominent historical monument and city landmark in Zhengzhou, China, commemorating a major workers’ strike.
B. Longhua Martyrs Cemetery
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery is a memorial park and burial ground in Shanghai dedicated to revolutionaries and martyrs, closely associated with the nearby historic Longhua Temple.
C. Menin Gate Memorial
The Menin Gate Memorial is a monumental war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers of World War I who were killed in the Ypres Salient and have no known grave.
D. Open Hand Monument
The Open Hand Monument is a prominent modernist sculpture in Chandigarh, India, designed by Le Corbusier as a symbol of peace, reconciliation, and the city's progressive spirit.
E. Koxinga Shrine
Koxinga Shrine is a historic temple and memorial in Tainan, Taiwan, dedicated to the Ming loyalist military leader Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong).
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: Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument
Target entity description: The Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument is a memorial in Nagasaki, Japan, honoring the 26 Christians executed there in 1597 and symbolizing the persecution and resilience of early Japanese Christianity.

A. Erqi Memorial Tower
Erqi Memorial Tower is a prominent historical monument and city landmark in Zhengzhou, China, commemorating a major workers’ strike.
B. Longhua Martyrs Cemetery
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery is a memorial park and burial ground in Shanghai dedicated to revolutionaries and martyrs, closely associated with the nearby historic Longhua Temple.
C. Menin Gate Memorial
The Menin Gate Memorial is a monumental war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers of World War I who were killed in the Ypres Salient and have no known grave.
D. Open Hand Monument
The Open Hand Monument is a prominent modernist sculpture in Chandigarh, India, designed by Le Corbusier as a symbol of peace, reconciliation, and the city's progressive spirit.
E. Koxinga Shrine
Koxinga Shrine is a historic temple and memorial in Tainan, Taiwan, dedicated to the Ming loyalist military leader Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ
associatedWith	Franciscan Order ⓘ Nagasaki Catholic community ⓘ linked to: Catholic community of Nagasaki Society of Jesus ⓘ
commemorates	Christian martyrs ⓘ Japanese Christians ⓘ Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan ⓘ linked to: Nagasaki Catholic martyrs
commemoratesEvent	execution of 26 Christians in Nagasaki in 1597 ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
genre	religious monument ⓘ
hasCommemorativeDay	February 5 ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	Catholic pilgrimage site ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum	Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum ⓘ linked to: Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument
hasNearbyStation	Nagasaki Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStatueOf	James Kisai ⓘ John Goto ⓘ Paul Miki ⓘ other members of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan ⓘ
hasViewOf	Nagasaki city ⓘ linked to: Nagasaki Nagasaki harbor ⓘ linked to: Port of Nagasaki
heritageSignificance	important site for Japanese Christian history ⓘ
inception	1962 ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Kyushu ⓘ Nagasaki ⓘ Nagasaki Prefecture ⓘ
locatedOnStreet	Nishizaka Hill ⓘ
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ stone ⓘ
memorialFor	Catholic saints canonized as the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan ⓘ
memorialType	martyrs' memorial ⓘ
ownedBy	Roman Catholic Church in Japan ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church in Japan
partOf	Nishizaka Park ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subject	Christian persecution in Japan ⓘ history of Christianity in Japan ⓘ
symbolizes	persecution of early Japanese Christianity ⓘ resilience of early Japanese Christianity ⓘ
theme	faith under persecution ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
visitorType	pilgrims ⓘ tourists ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic community of Nagasaki → hasImportantSite → Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument ⓘ

Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument → hasNearbyMuseum → Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument

Nagasaki Martyrs Museum → nearbyAttraction → Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki → notableShrine → Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan monument ⓘ