Yūsaku Kamekura
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Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yūsaku Kamekura canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yūsaku Kamekura Context triple: [1964 Summer Olympics, emblemDesigner, Yūsaku Kamekura]
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A.
Tatsuhiko Kawashima
Tatsuhiko Kawashima is a Japanese academic and former professor best known as the father of Princess Kiko of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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B.
Kazuyuki Furuya
Kazuyuki Furuya is a Japanese government official who serves as a leading antitrust and competition policy regulator.
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C.
Saburō Kurusu
Saburō Kurusu was a Japanese diplomat best known for his role in U.S.-Japan negotiations immediately before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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D.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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E.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- 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: Yūsaku Kamekura Target entity description: Yūsaku Kamekura was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer renowned for his modernist posters and visual identities, including iconic work for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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A.
Tatsuhiko Kawashima
Tatsuhiko Kawashima is a Japanese academic and former professor best known as the father of Princess Kiko of the Japanese Imperial Family.
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B.
Kazuyuki Furuya
Kazuyuki Furuya is a Japanese government official who serves as a leading antitrust and competition policy regulator.
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C.
Saburō Kurusu
Saburō Kurusu was a Japanese diplomat best known for his role in U.S.-Japan negotiations immediately before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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D.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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E.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese person
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art director ⓘ graphic designer ⓘ human ⓘ poster artist ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Art Academy Prize
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Mainichi Art Award ⓘ Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon ⓘ
surface form:
Medal with Purple Ribbon
Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-04-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-05-11 ⓘ |
| designedForEvent |
1964 Summer Olympics
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Expo ’70 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tokyo University of the Arts
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surface form:
Tokyo School of Fine Arts preparatory course
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| employer |
Nippon Kobo
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surface form:
Nippon Kōbō
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| familyName | Kamekura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
graphic design
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poster design ⓘ visual identity design ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Yūsaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese postwar graphic design
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Olympic visual identity design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Graphic Designers Association ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name |
Yūsaku Kamekura
NERFINISHED
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亀倉雄策 ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating the visual identity of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
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pioneering modernist poster design in Japan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1964 Tokyo Olympics posters
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1964 Tokyo Olympics visual identity ⓘ Expo ’70 ⓘ
surface form:
Expo ’70 Osaka posters
NTT ⓘ
surface form:
NTT corporate identity
Nikon corporate identity ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
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Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Japan
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Tokyo ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of Japan Graphic Designers Association ⓘ |
| style |
bold use of color
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minimalist composition ⓘ modernist graphic design ⓘ photographic integration in posters ⓘ |
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