National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is Japan’s first national art museum, renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary Japanese art and its prominent location near the Imperial Palace.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo canonical | 6 |
| Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | 1 |
| National Museum of Modern Art | 1 |
| 東京国立近代美術館 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2481038 — 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: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Context triple: [Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, contains, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo]
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Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo is a prominent art museum best known for housing one of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic "Sunflowers" paintings.
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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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Meguro Museum of Art
Meguro Museum of Art is a public art museum in Tokyo known for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary Japanese art and community-focused cultural programs.
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D.
National Museum of Western Art
The National Museum of Western Art is a prominent Tokyo museum renowned for its extensive collection of European paintings and sculptures, many from the Matsukata Collection, and for its main building designed by architect Le Corbusier.
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E.
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.
- 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: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Target entity description: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is Japan’s first national art museum, renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary Japanese art and its prominent location near the Imperial Palace.
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A.
Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo is a prominent art museum best known for housing one of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic "Sunflowers" paintings.
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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.
Meguro Museum of Art
Meguro Museum of Art is a public art museum in Tokyo known for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary Japanese art and community-focused cultural programs.
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D.
National Museum of Western Art
The National Museum of Western Art is a prominent Tokyo museum renowned for its extensive collection of European paintings and sculptures, many from the Matsukata Collection, and for its main building designed by architect Le Corbusier.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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museum in Japan ⓘ national museum ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MOMAT ⓘ |
| architect | Kunio Maekawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Art museums and galleries in Tokyo
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Museums established in 1952 ⓘ National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution (Japan) ⓘ
surface form:
National museums of Japan
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| collectionSize | over 13,000 works ⓘ |
| coordinates | 35.6947°N 139.7544°E ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
20th-century art
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21st-century art ⓘ |
| formerName |
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
National Museum of Modern Art
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| hasCollection |
Japanese-style painting (nihonga)
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Western-style Japanese painting (yōga) ⓘ contemporary Japanese art ⓘ crafts ⓘ modern Japanese art ⓘ photography ⓘ prints ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
permanent collection exhibitions
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special exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Crafts Gallery
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National Film Archive of Japan (former Film Center) ⓘ |
| inception | 1952 ⓘ |
| isFirst | Japan’s first national art museum ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chiyoda, Tokyo
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Kitanomaru Park ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ |
| nativeName |
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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surface form:
東京国立近代美術館
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| nativeNameLanguage | ja ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1952-12-01 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution (Japan)
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surface form:
Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art
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| ownedBy | Government of Japan ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution (Japan)
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surface form:
National Museum of Art, Japan
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| publicTransitAccess |
Kudanshita Station
NERFINISHED
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Takebashi Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| significantEvent | relocation to current Kitanomaru Park building in 1969 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | art historical research on modern Japanese art ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| website | https://www.momat.go.jp ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Description of subject: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is Japan’s first national art museum, renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary Japanese art and its prominent location near the Imperial Palace.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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formerName
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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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this entity surface form:
National Museum of Modern Art
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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nativeName
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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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this entity surface form:
東京国立近代美術館
National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution (Japan)
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hasPart
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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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subject surface form:
National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution