Utagawa school
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The Utagawa school was a major Japanese ukiyo-e art school of the Edo and Meiji periods, known for its prolific production of woodblock prints and for training many of the era’s most influential printmakers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Utagawa school canonical | 4 |
| Utagawa school of ukiyo-e | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3995940 — 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: Utagawa school Context triple: [Utagawa Hiroshige, memberOf, Utagawa school]
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Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige was a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e master best known for his poetic landscape prints, particularly the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō."
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Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai was a pioneering Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker best known internationally for his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji," including the iconic "The Great Wave off Kanagawa."
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Katsukawa Shunshō
Katsukawa Shunshō was an 18th-century Japanese ukiyo-e artist and influential teacher known for his actor prints and for shaping the early development of masters like Hokusai.
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D.
mingei movement
The mingei movement was a Japanese folk art and craft movement that celebrated the beauty and value of everyday handmade objects created by anonymous artisans.
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Nikai school
Nikai school is a political faction or group associated with the Nikai faction, likely centered around the leadership or ideology of a figure named Nikai.
- 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: Utagawa school Target entity description: The Utagawa school was a major Japanese ukiyo-e art school of the Edo and Meiji periods, known for its prolific production of woodblock prints and for training many of the era’s most influential printmakers.
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A.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige was a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e master best known for his poetic landscape prints, particularly the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō."
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B.
Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai was a pioneering Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker best known internationally for his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji," including the iconic "The Great Wave off Kanagawa."
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C.
Katsukawa Shunshō
Katsukawa Shunshō was an 18th-century Japanese ukiyo-e artist and influential teacher known for his actor prints and for shaping the early development of masters like Hokusai.
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D.
mingei movement
The mingei movement was a Japanese folk art and craft movement that celebrated the beauty and value of everyday handmade objects created by anonymous artisans.
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E.
Nikai school
Nikai school is a political faction or group associated with the Nikai faction, likely centered around the leadership or ideology of a figure named Nikai.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese art school
ⓘ
ukiyo-e school ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Edo period
ⓘ
Meiji era ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji period
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| artForm | woodblock printing ⓘ |
| basedIn | Edo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Utagawa Toyoharu ⓘ |
| genre | ukiyo-e ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Utagawa Hiroshige
ⓘ
surface form:
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Utagawa Hiroshige ⓘ
surface form:
Utagawa Hiroshige II
Utagawa Hiroshige ⓘ
surface form:
Utagawa Hiroshige III
Utagawa Kuniaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kunihiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kunihisa NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kunikazu NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kunikiyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kunimaru ⓘ Utagawa Kunimasa ⓘ Utagawa Kunimori NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kuninao ⓘ Utagawa Kunisada ⓘ Utagawa Kunisada II ⓘ Utagawa Kunisada III ONNED1 ⓘ Utagawa Kuniteru ⓘ Utagawa Kunitora ⓘ Utagawa Kunitoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kuniyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Kuniyoshi ⓘ Utagawa Sadahide ⓘ Utagawa Toyoharu ⓘ Utagawa Toyokuni I ⓘ Utagawa Toyokuni II ⓘ Utagawa Toyokuni II ⓘ
surface form:
Utagawa Toyokuni III
Utagawa Yoshiiku ⓘ Utagawa Yoshikata NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Yoshikazu ⓘ Utagawa Yoshikazu II NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Yoshikuni NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Yoshimori NERFINISHED ⓘ Utagawa Yoshitaki ⓘ Utagawa Yoshitora ⓘ Utagawa Yoshitsuya ⓘ |
| influenced |
Meiji-period commercial printmaking
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late Edo popular visual culture ⓘ |
| movement |
Edo-period art
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Meiji-period art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
prolific production of woodblock prints
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training influential printmakers ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
bijin-ga
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kabuki actor prints ⓘ landscape prints ⓘ warrior prints ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Utagawa school Description of subject: The Utagawa school was a major Japanese ukiyo-e art school of the Edo and Meiji periods, known for its prolific production of woodblock prints and for training many of the era’s most influential printmakers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Utagawa school of ukiyo-e