Chiura Obata
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Chiura Obata was a prominent Japanese-American artist and educator known for his landscape paintings that blended traditional Japanese techniques with Western styles, and for his influential teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chiura Obata canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23183592 — 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: Chiura Obata Context triple: [Gyo Obata, parent, Chiura Obata]
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A.
Yasunao Aoki
Yasunao Aoki is a Japanese anime director best known for directing episodes of the popular fantasy series "Inuyasha."
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B.
Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto was a Japanese actor best known for his roles in tokusatsu and science fiction films, including classic kaiju and genre productions.
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C.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
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D.
Tsuguharu Foujita
Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
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E.
Yasujiro Nakamura
Yasujiro Nakamura is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the Nakamura surname.
- 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: Chiura Obata Target entity description: Chiura Obata was a prominent Japanese-American artist and educator known for his landscape paintings that blended traditional Japanese techniques with Western styles, and for his influential teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley.
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A.
Yasunao Aoki
Yasunao Aoki is a Japanese anime director best known for directing episodes of the popular fantasy series "Inuyasha."
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B.
Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto was a Japanese actor best known for his roles in tokusatsu and science fiction films, including classic kaiju and genre productions.
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C.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
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D.
Tsuguharu Foujita
Tsuguharu Foujita was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker associated with the École de Paris, renowned for his distinctive ink-and-milk-white portraits, nudes, and depictions of cats.
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E.
Yasujiro Nakamura
Yasujiro Nakamura is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the Nakamura surname.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gyo Obata, FAIA