Honmaru Palace
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Honmaru Palace is the main residential and ceremonial palace complex within Nagoya Castle, renowned for its lavish Edo-period architecture and historical significance as a seat of feudal power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Honmaru Palace canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3007956 — 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: Honmaru Palace Context triple: [Nagoya Castle, hasStructure, Honmaru Palace]
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A.
Heian Palace
Heian Palace was the imperial residence and political center of Japan’s Heian period in Kyoto, serving as the seat of the emperor and court from the late 8th to the 12th century.
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B.
Haga Palace
Haga Palace is a historic royal residence in Sweden, located within Haga Park just north of central Stockholm.
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C.
Nijō Castle
Nijō Castle is a historic shogunal residence and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its ornate palaces, beautiful gardens, and “nightingale” floors that chirp when walked upon.
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D.
Huliheʻe Palace
Huliheʻe Palace is a historic former royal residence on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi that now serves as a museum showcasing Hawaiian monarchy-era artifacts and culture.
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E.
Shuri Castle
Shuri Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as the political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 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: Honmaru Palace Target entity description: Honmaru Palace is the main residential and ceremonial palace complex within Nagoya Castle, renowned for its lavish Edo-period architecture and historical significance as a seat of feudal power.
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A.
Heian Palace
Heian Palace was the imperial residence and political center of Japan’s Heian period in Kyoto, serving as the seat of the emperor and court from the late 8th to the 12th century.
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B.
Haga Palace
Haga Palace is a historic royal residence in Sweden, located within Haga Park just north of central Stockholm.
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C.
Nijō Castle
Nijō Castle is a historic shogunal residence and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its ornate palaces, beautiful gardens, and “nightingale” floors that chirp when walked upon.
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D.
Huliheʻe Palace
Huliheʻe Palace is a historic former royal residence on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi that now serves as a museum showcasing Hawaiian monarchy-era artifacts and culture.
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E.
Shuri Castle
Shuri Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as the political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceremonial palace
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cultural heritage site ⓘ palace ⓘ residential palace ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Edo period architecture
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Shoin-zukuri ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tokugawa clan
ⓘ
surface form:
Owari Tokugawa clan
Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ |
| category |
Historic site in Aichi Prefecture
ⓘ
Tourist attraction in Nagoya ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | samurai-era elite residence ⓘ |
| destroyedIn |
World War II bombing
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surface form:
World War II air raids
|
| function |
administrative center
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ceremonial hall ⓘ residence of the ruling lord ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Nagoya
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Nagoya
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| hasPart |
corridors
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garden-facing verandas ⓘ living quarters ⓘ main hall ⓘ reception rooms ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Important cultural property (reconstructed sections associated with Nagoya Castle) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aichi Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Chūbu region ⓘ
surface form:
Chubu region
Japan ⓘ Nagoya ⓘ Nagoya Castle ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate wall paintings
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gold-leaf ornamentation ⓘ lavish interior decoration ⓘ sliding fusuma doors ⓘ tatami-mat rooms ⓘ traditional Japanese gardens ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nagoya Castle
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surface form:
Nagoya Castle complex
|
| reconstruction | reconstructed in the 21st century ⓘ |
| reconstructionMethod |
traditional construction techniques
ⓘ
use of traditional materials ⓘ |
| significance |
example of high-status Edo-period residential architecture
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seat of feudal power in Owari Domain ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | major attraction of Nagoya Castle ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Tokugawa clan
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surface form:
Owari branch of the Tokugawa family
daimyo of Owari Domain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Honmaru Palace Description of subject: Honmaru Palace is the main residential and ceremonial palace complex within Nagoya Castle, renowned for its lavish Edo-period architecture and historical significance as a seat of feudal power.
Referenced by (1)
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