St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo

E125078

Roman Catholic church building cathedral landmark building modernist church

St. Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo is a landmark modernist Catholic church renowned for its striking sculptural concrete and stainless-steel design by architect Kenzo Tange.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo canonical	4
Cathedral of St. Mary, Tokyo	1
Tokyo Cathedral	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1087325 — 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: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo
Context triple: [Kenzo Tange, notableWork, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo]

A. St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei
St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei is an Anglican cathedral in Taiwan’s capital city that serves as the principal church and spiritual center of the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan.
B. St Joseph’s Cathedral
St Joseph’s Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and historic landmark located in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
C. Holy Name Cathedral
Holy Name Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Chicago, Illinois, serving as the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago and a major landmark of the city’s Near North Side.
D. Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal cathedral in San Francisco known for its Gothic Revival architecture, labyrinths, and cultural and interfaith programs.
E. Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its grand Gothic Revival architecture built entirely of granite.
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: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo
Target entity description: St. Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo is a landmark modernist Catholic church renowned for its striking sculptural concrete and stainless-steel design by architect Kenzo Tange.

A. St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei
St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei is an Anglican cathedral in Taiwan’s capital city that serves as the principal church and spiritual center of the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan.
B. St Joseph’s Cathedral
St Joseph’s Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and historic landmark located in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
C. Holy Name Cathedral
Holy Name Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Chicago, Illinois, serving as the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago and a major landmark of the city’s Near North Side.
D. Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral is a prominent Episcopal cathedral in San Francisco known for its Gothic Revival architecture, labyrinths, and cultural and interfaith programs.
E. Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its grand Gothic Revival architecture built entirely of granite.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church building ⓘ cathedral ⓘ landmark building ⓘ modernist church ⓘ
affiliation	Catholic Church in Japan ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cathedral of St. Mary, Tokyo ⓘ linked to: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo Tokyo Cathedral ⓘ linked to: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo
architect	Kenzo Tange ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalist-influenced concrete architecture ⓘ Modernist architecture ⓘ
buildingType	cathedral ⓘ church ⓘ
category	20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Japan ⓘ Landmarks in Tokyo ⓘ Modernist architecture in Japan ⓘ
city	Tokyo ⓘ
context	post–World War II reconstruction of Catholic churches in Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
designer	Kenzo Tange ⓘ
diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo ⓘ
function	seat of the Archbishop of Tokyo ⓘ
hasArchitect	Kenzo Tange ⓘ
hasDenomination	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
hasFeature	cross-shaped plan expressed in roof form ⓘ large vertical volume over the nave ⓘ minimalist interior ⓘ prominent bell tower separate from main volume ⓘ towering, folded concrete walls ⓘ
heritage	important example of postwar Japanese church architecture ⓘ
isPartOf	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
liturgicalRite	Roman Rite ⓘ
locatedIn	Bunkyo, Tokyo ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
material	reinforced concrete ⓘ stainless steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary
notableFor	dramatic modernist design ⓘ landmark status in Tokyo ⓘ sculptural concrete form ⓘ stainless-steel-clad roof ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
roofMaterial	stainless steel ⓘ
status	cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Tokyo ⓘ
use	place of worship ⓘ site for Catholic liturgies ⓘ

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

Kenzo Tange → notableWork → St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo ⓘ

Kenzo Tange → designed → St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo ⓘ

St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo → alsoKnownAs → Tokyo Cathedral ⓘ

linked to: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo

St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo → alsoKnownAs → Cathedral of St. Mary, Tokyo ⓘ

linked to: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo → cathedral → St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo ⓘ

Kenzo Tange Associates → hasNotableProject → St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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