Tōkaidō post station
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A Tōkaidō post station was one of the officially designated rest and relay points along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, providing lodging, services, and logistical support to travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hakone-juku | 2 |
| Tōkaidō post station canonical | 1 |
| 東海道品川宿跡 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6307805 — 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: Tōkaidō post station Context triple: [Ōiso, historicalStatus, Tōkaidō post station]
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A.
Taisho Station
Taisho Station is a railway and subway station in Osaka, Japan, serving as a key access point to the nearby Kyocera Dome Osaka stadium.
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B.
Gotanda Station
Gotanda Station is a major railway and metro hub in Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward, serving multiple JR and private lines and surrounded by busy commercial and office districts.
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C.
Fushimi-yagura
Fushimi-yagura is a historic three-story castle turret within the Tokyo Imperial Palace complex, notable as one of the few surviving Edo-period structures in the area.
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D.
Tōkaidō
Tōkaidō is a historic coastal route in Japan that connected Tokyo (Edo) and Kyoto, serving as a major artery for travel, trade, and culture.
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E.
Takasaki Station
Takasaki Station is a major railway hub in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, serving multiple JR East lines and Shinkansen services as a key regional transport center.
- 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: Tōkaidō post station Target entity description: A Tōkaidō post station was one of the officially designated rest and relay points along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, providing lodging, services, and logistical support to travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto.
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A.
Taisho Station
Taisho Station is a railway and subway station in Osaka, Japan, serving as a key access point to the nearby Kyocera Dome Osaka stadium.
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B.
Gotanda Station
Gotanda Station is a major railway and metro hub in Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward, serving multiple JR and private lines and surrounded by busy commercial and office districts.
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C.
Fushimi-yagura
Fushimi-yagura is a historic three-story castle turret within the Tokyo Imperial Palace complex, notable as one of the few surviving Edo-period structures in the area.
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D.
Tōkaidō
Tōkaidō is a historic coastal route in Japan that connected Tokyo (Edo) and Kyoto, serving as a major artery for travel, trade, and culture.
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E.
Takasaki Station
Takasaki Station is a major railway hub in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, serving multiple JR East lines and Shinkansen services as a key regional transport center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
post station
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transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Utagawa Hiroshige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Edo-period infrastructure
ⓘ
Historical geography of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Edo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInto | post town ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
hatago
ⓘ
honjin ⓘ inn ⓘ official checkpoints ⓘ shops ⓘ stables ⓘ sub-honjin ⓘ tea house ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
horse relay station
ⓘ
lodging facility ⓘ logistical support point ⓘ provisioning point for travelers ⓘ relay point for official messengers ⓘ rest stop for travelers ⓘ transport hub on the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
宿場
ⓘ
宿場町 ⓘ |
| hasNotableRepresentationIn |
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
NERFINISHED
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Ukiyo-e prints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
collection of fees and taxes from travelers
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control of movement along Tōkaidō ⓘ support of sankin-kōtai system ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | urban development along Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Gokaidō post station system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | officially designated station ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tōkaidō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStationsOnRoute | 53 ⓘ |
| partOf | Edo period transportation network ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportModeServed |
foot travel
ⓘ
horseback travel ⓘ palanquin travel ⓘ |
| usedBy |
common travelers
ⓘ
daimyō processions ⓘ merchants ⓘ official couriers ⓘ pilgrims ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tōkaidō post station Description of subject: A Tōkaidō post station was one of the officially designated rest and relay points along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, providing lodging, services, and logistical support to travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hakone-juku
this entity surface form:
東海道品川宿跡
this entity surface form:
Hakone-juku