Deshima
E34746
Deshima was a small artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as the Dutch East India Company’s exclusive trading post and Japan’s primary window to the West during its period of national isolation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deshima canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T184681 — 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: Deshima Context triple: [VOC, majorBase, Deshima]
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A.
Kish Island
Kish Island is a popular Iranian resort island and free trade zone in the Persian Gulf, known for its beaches, shopping centers, and tourism facilities.
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B.
Chamisso Island
Chamisso Island is a small island in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska, known for its rich Arctic wildlife and designation as part of the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
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C.
Ogasawara Islands
The Ogasawara Islands are a remote Japanese archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique biodiversity and strategic military significance during World War II.
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D.
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands are a volcanic archipelago stretching between Japan and Russia, known for their seismic activity, rich marine ecosystems, and ongoing territorial dispute between the two countries.
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E.
Ryukyu Islands
The Ryukyu Islands are a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, including Okinawa, known for their distinct Ryukyuan culture, history as an independent kingdom, and strategic location between Kyushu and Taiwan.
- 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: Deshima Target entity description: Deshima was a small artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as the Dutch East India Company’s exclusive trading post and Japan’s primary window to the West during its period of national isolation.
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A.
Kish Island
Kish Island is a popular Iranian resort island and free trade zone in the Persian Gulf, known for its beaches, shopping centers, and tourism facilities.
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B.
Chamisso Island
Chamisso Island is a small island in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska, known for its rich Arctic wildlife and designation as part of the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
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C.
Ogasawara Islands
The Ogasawara Islands are a remote Japanese archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique biodiversity and strategic military significance during World War II.
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D.
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands are a volcanic archipelago stretching between Japan and Russia, known for their seismic activity, rich marine ecosystems, and ongoing territorial dispute between the two countries.
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E.
Ryukyu Islands
The Ryukyu Islands are a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, including Okinawa, known for their distinct Ryukyuan culture, history as an independent kingdom, and strategic location between Kyushu and Taiwan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch trading post
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artificial island ⓘ historical site ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo |
Dutch traders
ⓘ
selected Japanese officials ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dejima ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
Edo period
ⓘ
surface form:
sakoku
|
| constructedAs | artificial island ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| currentStatus | partially reconstructed heritage site ⓘ |
| exclusiveTradingPostOf | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| function |
channel for Western knowledge
ⓘ
controlled foreign trade ⓘ |
| governedBy | Nagasaki bugyō ⓘ |
| hadInstitution | Dutch factory ⓘ |
| hadRole | diplomatic contact point between Japan and the West ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Japanese isolation period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese modernization in the 19th century
ⓘ
development of Western studies in Japan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
introduction of Western astronomy to Japan
ⓘ
introduction of Western geography to Japan ⓘ introduction of Western medicine to Japan ⓘ introduction of Western science to Japan ⓘ rangaku (Dutch learning) ⓘ |
| laterUsedBy | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ Nagasaki ⓘ Nagasaki Bay ⓘ |
| mainTradePartnerOf | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| originallyBuiltFor | Portuguese traders ⓘ |
| partOf | Nagasaki foreign settlement system ⓘ |
| servedAs |
Dutch factory in Japan
ⓘ
Japan’s primary window to the West ⓘ |
| significance | only place of direct European-Japanese contact for over two centuries ⓘ |
| tourism | popular historical tourist attraction in Nagasaki ⓘ |
| tradeIncluded |
books
ⓘ
precious metals ⓘ scientific instruments ⓘ silk ⓘ spices ⓘ sugar ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| tradingNation |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Edo period
ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Deshima Description of subject: Deshima was a small artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as the Dutch East India Company’s exclusive trading post and Japan’s primary window to the West during its period of national isolation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.