Taro Okamoto
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Taro Okamoto was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde artist known for his bold abstract works and iconic public sculptures that helped shape postwar Japanese art.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taro Okamoto canonical | 2 |
| Tarō Okamoto | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2284995 — 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: Taro Okamoto Context triple: [Expo ’70, artworkCreator, Taro Okamoto]
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A.
Hiro Yamamoto
Hiro Yamamoto is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden.
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B.
Shōji Nishimura
Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II, noted for his role and death in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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C.
Tosiwo Nakayama
Tosiwo Nakayama was a Micronesian politician who became the founding president of the Federated States of Micronesia and played a key role in its transition to self-government.
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D.
Shōzō Sakurai
Shōzō Sakurai was an Imperial Japanese Army general who held a senior command role during World War II, including in the campaign involving the occupation of Singapore.
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E.
Tetsu Katayama
Tetsu Katayama was a Japanese socialist politician who served as Japan’s first postwar prime minister and the first from a socialist party.
- 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: Taro Okamoto Target entity description: Taro Okamoto was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde artist known for his bold abstract works and iconic public sculptures that helped shape postwar Japanese art.
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A.
Hiro Yamamoto
Hiro Yamamoto is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden.
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B.
Shōji Nishimura
Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II, noted for his role and death in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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C.
Tosiwo Nakayama
Tosiwo Nakayama was a Micronesian politician who became the founding president of the Federated States of Micronesia and played a key role in its transition to self-government.
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D.
Shōzō Sakurai
Shōzō Sakurai was an Imperial Japanese Army general who held a senior command role during World War II, including in the campaign involving the occupation of Singapore.
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E.
Tetsu Katayama
Tetsu Katayama was a Japanese socialist politician who served as Japan’s first postwar prime minister and the first from a socialist party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese artist
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artist ⓘ avant-garde artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the Rising Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| created |
Myth of Tomorrow
NERFINISHED
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The Law of the Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tree of Children NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower of Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Young People’s Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-02-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-01-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo School of Fine Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ École des Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mural art
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painting ⓘ public art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Taro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum |
Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Tokyo
NERFINISHED
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Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | postwar Japanese art ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Paris
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Surrealism
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abstract art ⓘ avant-garde ⓘ |
| name | Taro Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 岡本太郎 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold abstract works
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iconic public sculptures ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Myth of Tomorrow
NERFINISHED
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The Law of the Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tower of the Sun (Expo ’70 Pavilion sculpture) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tree of Children NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower of Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Young People’s Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Toshiko Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taro Okamoto Description of subject: Taro Okamoto was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde artist known for his bold abstract works and iconic public sculptures that helped shape postwar Japanese art.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tarō Okamoto
subject surface form:
Expo '70