Horyuji Homotsukan
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Horyuji Homotsukan is a gallery of the Tokyo National Museum dedicated to exhibiting and preserving important Buddhist art and cultural treasures associated with Horyu-ji Temple.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Horyuji Homotsukan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10056942 — 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: Horyuji Homotsukan Context triple: [Tokyo National Museum, hasBuilding, Horyuji Homotsukan]
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Horyu-ji
Horyu-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple in Japan renowned for housing some of the world’s oldest surviving wooden buildings and for its significance as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Shōsōin
Shōsōin is an ancient imperial treasure house in Nara, Japan, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved collection of art and artifacts from the Nara period and the Silk Road.
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C.
Tōshōdai-ji
Tōshōdai-ji is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its well-preserved classical architecture and association with the Chinese monk Jianzhen (Ganjin).
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D.
Kōfuku-ji
Kōfuku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its ancient pagodas and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
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E.
Tōdai-ji
Tōdai-ji is a monumental Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha (Daibutsu) and serving as a historic center of Japanese Buddhism.
- 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: Horyuji Homotsukan Target entity description: Horyuji Homotsukan is a gallery of the Tokyo National Museum dedicated to exhibiting and preserving important Buddhist art and cultural treasures associated with Horyu-ji Temple.
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A.
Horyu-ji
Horyu-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple in Japan renowned for housing some of the world’s oldest surviving wooden buildings and for its significance as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Shōsōin
Shōsōin is an ancient imperial treasure house in Nara, Japan, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved collection of art and artifacts from the Nara period and the Silk Road.
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C.
Tōshōdai-ji
Tōshōdai-ji is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its well-preserved classical architecture and association with the Chinese monk Jianzhen (Ganjin).
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D.
Kōfuku-ji
Kōfuku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its ancient pagodas and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
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E.
Tōdai-ji
Tōdai-ji is a monumental Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha (Daibutsu) and serving as a historic center of Japanese Buddhism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist art museum
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art museum annex ⓘ museum gallery ⓘ |
| architect | Yoshio Taniguchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Horyu-ji
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo National Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| climateControl | yes ⓘ |
| collectionType |
Buddhist ritual objects
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Buddhist sculptures ⓘ ancient documents ⓘ archaeological artifacts ⓘ calligraphy ⓘ paintings ⓘ |
| conservationFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Buddhist art
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cultural properties of Horyu-ji ⓘ |
| EnglishName | The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
exhibition space
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research facility for Buddhist art ⓘ storage facility for cultural properties ⓘ |
| hasExhibition |
permanent exhibition of Horyu-ji treasures
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rotating special exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasSecurity | yes ⓘ |
| hasVisitorAmenities |
information desk
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museum shop ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Taito, Tokyo
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo National Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ueno Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Horyuji Homotsukan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Tokyo National Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Tokyo National Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tokyo National Museum complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySourceOfCollection | Horyu-ji Temple GENERATED ⓘ |
| purpose |
education about Buddhist culture
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preservation of important cultural properties ⓘ public display of Horyu-ji treasures ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
Asuka period art
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Japanese Buddhist history ⓘ Nara period art ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Horyuji Homotsukan Description of subject: Horyuji Homotsukan is a gallery of the Tokyo National Museum dedicated to exhibiting and preserving important Buddhist art and cultural treasures associated with Horyu-ji Temple.
Referenced by (1)
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