Kazuo Shiraga
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Kazuo Shiraga was a Japanese avant-garde painter and prominent member of the Gutai Art Association, best known for his dynamic abstract works created by painting with his feet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kazuo Shiraga canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10062547 — 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: Kazuo Shiraga Context triple: [National Museum of Western Art, hasWorkBy, Kazuo Shiraga]
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A.
Tsuguharu Foujita
Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
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B.
Usaburo Ohtake
Usaburo Ohtake was the husband of renowned Japanese-Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake and the father of prominent Brazilian artists Ruy Ohtake and Ricardo Ohtake.
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C.
Yanagi Sōetsu
Yanagi Sōetsu was a Japanese philosopher and art critic who founded the mingei (folk craft) movement, championing the beauty and cultural value of everyday handcrafted objects.
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D.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Isamu Chō
Isamu Chō was an Imperial Japanese Army general known for his extreme nationalism and key leadership role in Japan’s final World War II battles, including the defense of Okinawa.
- 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: Kazuo Shiraga Target entity description: Kazuo Shiraga was a Japanese avant-garde painter and prominent member of the Gutai Art Association, best known for his dynamic abstract works created by painting with his feet.
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A.
Tsuguharu Foujita
Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
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B.
Usaburo Ohtake
Usaburo Ohtake was the husband of renowned Japanese-Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake and the father of prominent Brazilian artists Ruy Ohtake and Ricardo Ohtake.
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C.
Yanagi Sōetsu
Yanagi Sōetsu was a Japanese philosopher and art critic who founded the mingei (folk craft) movement, championing the beauty and cultural value of everyday handcrafted objects.
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D.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Isamu Chō
Isamu Chō was an Imperial Japanese Army general known for his extreme nationalism and key leadership role in Japan’s final World War II battles, including the defense of Okinawa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticGoal |
breaking traditional painting methods
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emphasis on physical action ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
canvas
ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
action painting
ⓘ
body-based performance ⓘ foot painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese postwar avant-garde
ⓘ
experimental art ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| creativePeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| culturalContext | postwar Japanese avant-garde movement ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century art ⓘ |
| familyName | Shiraga ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
ⓘ
performance art ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| givenName | Kazuo ⓘ |
| groupRole | prominent member of Gutai Art Association ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary Japanese artists
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international abstract painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Western abstract expressionism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Gutai Art Association
ⓘ
linked to:
Gutai group
|
| movement |
Gutai
ⓘ
linked to:
Gutai group
abstract expressionism ⓘ
linked to:
Abstract expressionism
avant-garde ⓘ postwar Japanese art ⓘ |
| name | Kazuo Shiraga ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic abstract paintings
ⓘ
painting with his feet ⓘ |
| notableWorkFeature |
large-scale canvases
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thick impasto paint ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Japan ⓘ |
| usedBodyPartAsTool |
feet
ⓘ
whole body ⓘ |
| workCharacteristic |
dynamic brushwork
ⓘ
gestural abstraction ⓘ physical engagement with paint ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (5)
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