Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo

E207332

academic division university faculty

The Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo is a leading humanities faculty in Japan, renowned for its scholarship in literature, philosophy, history, and related disciplines.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters	3
Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo	1
Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo canonical	1
University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology	1
literature departments of the University of Tokyo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1604019 — 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: Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo
Context triple: [Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, affiliatedWith, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo]

A. Keijo Imperial University
Keijo Imperial University was a Japanese imperial university established in colonial Korea that served as a major center for higher education and research under Japanese rule.
B. Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
The Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research institute dedicated to interdisciplinary studies in fields such as sociology, political science, economics, and law.
C. Waseda University
Waseda University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its strong programs in the humanities, social sciences, and political studies and for producing many prominent political and business leaders.
D. Hosei University
Hosei University is a major private university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its law, business, and social sciences programs and its role in educating many prominent political and business leaders.
E. Keio University
Keio University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known as the country’s oldest modern institution of higher education and a leading center for academics and innovation.
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: Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo
Target entity description: The Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo is a leading humanities faculty in Japan, renowned for its scholarship in literature, philosophy, history, and related disciplines.

A. Keijo Imperial University
Keijo Imperial University was a Japanese imperial university established in colonial Korea that served as a major center for higher education and research under Japanese rule.
B. Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
The Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo is a leading Japanese research institute dedicated to interdisciplinary studies in fields such as sociology, political science, economics, and law.
C. Waseda University
Waseda University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its strong programs in the humanities, social sciences, and political studies and for producing many prominent political and business leaders.
D. Hosei University
Hosei University is a major private university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its law, business, and social sciences programs and its role in educating many prominent political and business leaders.
E. Keio University
Keio University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known as the country’s oldest modern institution of higher education and a leading center for academics and innovation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic division ⓘ university faculty ⓘ
academicReputation	leading humanities faculty in Japan ⓘ
academicStructure	departments and courses in humanities disciplines ⓘ
affiliation	University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology ⓘ linked to: Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo
campus	Hongo Campus ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
discipline	humanities ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	area studies ⓘ history ⓘ linguistics ⓘ literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ sociology ⓘ
hasType	faculty of humanities ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Bunkyō, Tokyo ⓘ linked to: Bunkyo, Tokyo
notableFor	research in humanities ⓘ scholarship in history ⓘ scholarship in literature ⓘ scholarship in philosophy ⓘ
offersProgram	bachelor’s degree programs ⓘ undergraduate programs in humanities ⓘ
parentOrganization	University of Tokyo ⓘ
partOf	University of Tokyo ⓘ
regionServed	Japan ⓘ
sector	public ⓘ
websiteLanguage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology → affiliatedWith → Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo ⓘ

Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo → affiliation → University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology ⓘ