Kakegawa Castle
E542227
Kakegawa Castle is a historically significant Japanese hilltop castle in Shizuoka Prefecture, renowned for its reconstructed wooden keep and well-preserved traditional architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kakegawa Castle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5728309 — 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: Kakegawa Castle Context triple: [Kakegawa, Japan, knownFor, Kakegawa Castle]
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A.
Fushimi Castle
Fushimi Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Kyoto associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and known for its role in the late Sengoku period and early Edo period.
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B.
Nakatsu Castle
Nakatsu Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, known as one of Japan’s notable riverside fortresses with reconstructed structures and a museum.
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Kishiwada Castle
Kishiwada Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, known for its reconstructed keep, stone walls, and scenic grounds that attract many visitors.
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D.
Wakayama Castle
Wakayama Castle is a historic Japanese hilltop fortress in the city of Wakayama, known for its reconstructed keep, surrounding park, and role as a former stronghold of the Tokugawa clan.
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E.
Katsuren Castle
Katsuren Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle ruin) in Uruma, Okinawa, renowned for its hilltop stone fortifications and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.”
- 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: Kakegawa Castle Target entity description: Kakegawa Castle is a historically significant Japanese hilltop castle in Shizuoka Prefecture, renowned for its reconstructed wooden keep and well-preserved traditional architecture.
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A.
Fushimi Castle
Fushimi Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Kyoto associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and known for its role in the late Sengoku period and early Edo period.
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B.
Nakatsu Castle
Nakatsu Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, known as one of Japan’s notable riverside fortresses with reconstructed structures and a museum.
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C.
Kishiwada Castle
Kishiwada Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, known for its reconstructed keep, stone walls, and scenic grounds that attract many visitors.
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D.
Wakayama Castle
Wakayama Castle is a historic Japanese hilltop fortress in the city of Wakayama, known for its reconstructed keep, surrounding park, and role as a former stronghold of the Tokugawa clan.
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E.
Katsuren Castle
Katsuren Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle ruin) in Uruma, Okinawa, renowned for its hilltop stone fortifications and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese castle
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hilltop castle ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Japanese castle architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Castles in Shizuoka Prefecture
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Reconstructed Japanese castles ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Imagawa clan
NERFINISHED
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Tokugawa clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamauchi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| demolishedPartly | Meiji period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Kakegawa Castle museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Kakegawa Castle Palace
NERFINISHED
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gatehouses ⓘ honmaru (main bailey) NERFINISHED ⓘ moats ⓘ ninomaru (second bailey) NERFINISHED ⓘ stone walls ⓘ tenshu (main keep) ⓘ turrets ⓘ |
| hasReconstruction | wooden main keep ⓘ |
| hasView | Kakegawa cityscape ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Shizuoka Prefectural Historic Site
NERFINISHED
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municipal cultural property of Kakegawa ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Edo period
NERFINISHED
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Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Honshu
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hilltop ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
stone
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wood ⓘ |
| near | Kakegawa Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| originalBuilder | Asahina clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalConstructionCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| originalConstructionPeriod | Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Kakegawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionCompleted | 1994 ⓘ |
| reconstructionMethod | traditional wooden construction ⓘ |
| region |
Chūbu region
NERFINISHED
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Tōkai region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | siege during the Sengoku period ⓘ |
| touristStatus | popular sightseeing spot in Shizuoka Prefecture ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural events
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historical education ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kakegawa Castle Description of subject: Kakegawa Castle is a historically significant Japanese hilltop castle in Shizuoka Prefecture, renowned for its reconstructed wooden keep and well-preserved traditional architecture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.