Tower of the Sun

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Expo pavilion public artwork sculpture

The Tower of the Sun is an iconic avant-garde sculpture by artist Tarō Okamoto that served as the symbolic centerpiece of Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tower of the Sun canonical 15
太陽の塔 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Expo pavilion ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
architecturalStyle expressionist ⓘ
artMovement avant-garde ⓘ
associatedWith Expo ’70 Commemorative Park ⓘ
surface form: Expo ’70 Commemorative Park Museum
color white ⓘ
commissionedFor Expo ’70 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 34.806°N 135.532°E ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
creator Taro Okamoto ⓘ
surface form: Tarō Okamoto
culturalSignificance icon of postwar Japanese modernism ⓘ
exhibition Expo ’70 ⓘ
function symbolic centerpiece of Expo ’70 ⓘ
genre avant-garde art ⓘ
hasLighting illuminated at night ⓘ
hasPart Black Sun ⓘ
Golden Face ⓘ
Sun of the Underworld ⓘ
hasPattern red lightning-like lines ⓘ
hasViewingFacility interior exhibition space ⓘ
height approximately 70 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
imageDepicts stylized sun motif ⓘ
inception 1970 ⓘ
interiorFeature Tree of Life ⓘ
locatedIn Expo ’70 Commemorative Park ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ
surface form: Osaka, Japan

Suita, Osaka ⓘ
surface form: Suita, Osaka Prefecture
materialUsed concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
nativeName Tower of the Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 太陽の塔
nativeNameLanguage ja ⓘ
notableFeature three distinct faces representing time ⓘ
opened 1970 ⓘ
owner Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
renovated 2010s ⓘ
reopenedToPublic 2018 ⓘ
significantEvent served as symbol of Japan World Exposition 1970 ⓘ
symbolizes future ⓘ
past ⓘ
present ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Expo ’70 Commemorative Park → hasLandmark → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Expo ’70 Commemorative Park → hasAttraction → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Expo ’70 Commemorative Park → knownFor → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Suita → hasLandmark → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Expo ’70 → hasLandmark → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Expo ’70 → mainSymbol → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Expo ’70 → notableStructure → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Tower of the Sun → nativeName → Tower of the Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 太陽の塔
Golden Gate International Exposition → featuredStructure → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
1970 World Exposition → notableStructure → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Expo '70
1970 World Exposition → symbol → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Expo '70
Minas Tirith → formerNameMeaning → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Suita, Osaka → hasLandmark → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Black Sun → partOf → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Sun (Tower of the Sun)
Sun of the Underworld → locatedIn → Tower of the Sun ⓘ
Sunspear → hasStructure → Tower of the Sun ⓘ