National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is Japan’s first national art museum, renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary Japanese art and its prominent location near the Imperial Palace.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo canonical	14
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo	2
Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo	1
National Museum of Modern Art	1
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo complex	1
東京国立近代美術館	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2481038 — 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: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Context triple: [Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, contains, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo]

A. Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo is a prominent art museum best known for housing one of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic "Sunflowers" paintings.
B. Yokohama Museum of Art
The Yokohama Museum of Art is a major Japanese art museum known for its modern and contemporary collections, striking postmodern architecture, and prominent cultural role in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama.
C. Meguro Museum of Art
Meguro Museum of Art is a public art museum in Tokyo known for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary Japanese art and community-focused cultural programs.
D. National Museum of Western Art
The National Museum of Western Art is a prominent Tokyo museum renowned for its extensive collection of European paintings and sculptures, many from the Matsukata Collection, and for its main building designed by architect Le Corbusier.
E. Shoto Museum of Art
Shoto Museum of Art is a small public art museum in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting.
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: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Target entity description: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is Japan’s first national art museum, renowned for its extensive collection of modern and contemporary Japanese art and its prominent location near the Imperial Palace.

A. Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo is a prominent art museum best known for housing one of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic "Sunflowers" paintings.
B. Yokohama Museum of Art
The Yokohama Museum of Art is a major Japanese art museum known for its modern and contemporary collections, striking postmodern architecture, and prominent cultural role in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama.
C. Meguro Museum of Art
Meguro Museum of Art is a public art museum in Tokyo known for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary Japanese art and community-focused cultural programs.
D. National Museum of Western Art
The National Museum of Western Art is a prominent Tokyo museum renowned for its extensive collection of European paintings and sculptures, many from the Matsukata Collection, and for its main building designed by architect Le Corbusier.
E. Shoto Museum of Art
Shoto Museum of Art is a small public art museum in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ museum in Japan ⓘ national museum ⓘ
abbreviation	MOMAT ⓘ
architect	Kunio Maekawa ⓘ
buildingStyle	modernist architecture ⓘ
category	Art museums and galleries in Tokyo ⓘ Museums established in 1952 ⓘ National museums of Japan ⓘ linked to: National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution (Japan)
collectionSize	over 13,000 works ⓘ
coordinates	35.6947°N 139.7544°E ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
focusesOn	20th-century art ⓘ 21st-century art ⓘ
formerName	National Museum of Modern Art ⓘ linked to: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
hasCollection	Japanese-style painting (nihonga) ⓘ Western-style Japanese painting (yōga) ⓘ contemporary Japanese art ⓘ crafts ⓘ modern Japanese art ⓘ photography ⓘ prints ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
hasExhibitionType	permanent collection exhibitions ⓘ special exhibitions ⓘ
hasPart	Crafts Gallery ⓘ National Film Archive of Japan (former Film Center) ⓘ
inception	1952 ⓘ
isFirst	Japan’s first national art museum ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ Kitanomaru Park ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
locatedNear	Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ
nativeName	東京国立近代美術館 ⓘ linked to: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
nativeNameLanguage	ja ⓘ
openingDate	1952-12-01 ⓘ
operatedBy	Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art ⓘ linked to: National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution (Japan)
ownedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ
partOf	National Museum of Art, Japan ⓘ linked to: National Museum of Art, Independent Administrative Institution (Japan)
publicTransitAccess	Kudanshita Station ⓘ Takebashi Station ⓘ
region	Kantō region ⓘ
significantEvent	relocation to current Kitanomaru Park building in 1969 ⓘ
subjectOf	art historical research on modern Japanese art ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
website	https://www.momat.go.jp ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan → contains → National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo ⓘ

Kitanomaru Park → hasAttraction → National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo ⓘ

Kitanomaru Park → hasAttraction → Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo ⓘ