Seibou Kitamura
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Seibou Kitamura was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic Peace Statue in Nagasaki, commemorating the victims of the atomic bombing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seibou Kitamura canonical | 2 |
| Seibo Kitamura | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5213514 — 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: Seibou Kitamura Context triple: [Peace Statue, creator, Seibou Kitamura]
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A.
Kiyoshi Kimura
Kiyoshi Kimura was a Japanese military officer who commanded Imperial Japanese forces during World War II, notably in the Pacific theater.
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B.
Kenji Satō
Kenji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the common Japanese surname Satō.
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C.
Michio Watanabe
Michio Watanabe was a prominent Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held key cabinet posts, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and was known as a powerful party faction leader.
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D.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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E.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
- 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: Seibou Kitamura Target entity description: Seibou Kitamura was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic Peace Statue in Nagasaki, commemorating the victims of the atomic bombing.
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A.
Kiyoshi Kimura
Kiyoshi Kimura was a Japanese military officer who commanded Imperial Japanese forces during World War II, notably in the Pacific theater.
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B.
Kenji Satō
Kenji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the common Japanese surname Satō.
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C.
Michio Watanabe
Michio Watanabe was a prominent Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held key cabinet posts, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and was known as a powerful party faction leader.
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D.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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E.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese sculptor
ⓘ
person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | late 20th century ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | early 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Culture
ⓘ
Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ |
| commemoratesThroughWork | victims of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1884-12-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-03-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tokyo School of Fine Arts
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo University of the Arts
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sculpture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
commemorative sculpture
ⓘ
public monuments ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocatedIn |
Nagasaki Peace Park
ⓘ
Ueno Park, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to:
Ueno Park
various public spaces in Japan ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European academic sculpture
ⓘ
traditional Japanese art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating the Peace Statue in Nagasaki
ⓘ
war memorial sculptures ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Art Academy ⓘ |
| movement | modern sculpture ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Equestrian statues of historical figures in Japan
ⓘ
Peace Statue ⓘ Peace Statue (Nagasaki Peace Park) ⓘ
linked to:
Nagasaki Peace Statue
Statue of Kusunoki Masashige ⓘ
linked to:
statue of Kusunoki Masashige
Statue of Prince Shōtoku (various locations) ⓘ Statue of Saigo Takamori (Ueno Park) ⓘ
linked to:
Saigo Takamori statue
|
| occupation | sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Minamiarima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| residence |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| workLocation |
Nagasaki
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Seibou Kitamura Description of subject: Seibou Kitamura was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic Peace Statue in Nagasaki, commemorating the victims of the atomic bombing.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Seibou Kitamura