Rikugien Garden
E291769
Rikugien Garden is a famous Edo-period strolling landscape garden in Tokyo known for its seasonal foliage, traditional teahouses, and carefully designed ponds and pathways.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rikugien Garden canonical | 9 |
| 六義園 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2619666 — 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: Rikugien Garden Context triple: [Bunkyō, contains, Rikugien Garden]
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A.
Nishinomaru Garden
Nishinomaru Garden is a scenic landscaped garden within the Osaka Castle grounds, known for its expansive lawns, cherry blossoms, and panoramic views of the castle keep.
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B.
Shin-en garden
Shin-en garden is a renowned traditional Japanese strolling garden surrounding the Heian Shrine in Kyoto, celebrated for its seasonal beauty, ponds, and historic landscape design.
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C.
Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Yokohama known for its historic buildings, seasonal flowers, and scenic ponds and pathways.
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D.
Shukkeien Garden
Shukkeien Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Hiroshima, known for its miniature representations of natural scenery, tranquil ponds, and traditional teahouses.
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E.
Fukiage Garden
Fukiage Garden is a secluded, wooded area within the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds, known as the residence of the Emperor of Japan and a protected natural sanctuary.
- 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: Rikugien Garden Target entity description: Rikugien Garden is a famous Edo-period strolling landscape garden in Tokyo known for its seasonal foliage, traditional teahouses, and carefully designed ponds and pathways.
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A.
Nishinomaru Garden
Nishinomaru Garden is a scenic landscaped garden within the Osaka Castle grounds, known for its expansive lawns, cherry blossoms, and panoramic views of the castle keep.
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B.
Shin-en garden
Shin-en garden is a renowned traditional Japanese strolling garden surrounding the Heian Shrine in Kyoto, celebrated for its seasonal beauty, ponds, and historic landscape design.
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C.
Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Yokohama known for its historic buildings, seasonal flowers, and scenic ponds and pathways.
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D.
Shukkeien Garden
Shukkeien Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Hiroshima, known for its miniature representations of natural scenery, tranquil ponds, and traditional teahouses.
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E.
Fukiage Garden
Fukiage Garden is a secluded, wooded area within the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds, known as the residence of the Emperor of Japan and a protected natural sanctuary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese garden
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cultural property ⓘ strolling garden ⓘ |
| admissionFeeRequired | yes ⓘ |
| area |
approximately 8.9 hectares
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approximately 87,800 square meters ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
autumn foliage illuminations
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spring cherry blossoms ⓘ |
| builtBy | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu ⓘ |
| city | Bunkyō ⓘ |
| constructedInPeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
| constructionEndYear | 1702 ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1695 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| designationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
artificial hills
ⓘ
central pond ⓘ cherry trees ⓘ lanterns ⓘ maple trees ⓘ seasonal foliage ⓘ stone bridges ⓘ traditional teahouses ⓘ walking trails around a pond ⓘ winding pathways ⓘ |
| hasPond | large central pond often called Shinji-ike ⓘ |
| hasTeahouse |
Fukiage Chaya
ⓘ
Tsutsuji no Chaya ⓘ |
| laterOwner |
Iwasaki Yatarō
ⓘ
Mitsubishi zaibatsu ⓘ
linked to:
Mitsubishi
|
| lightingEvents | held in spring and autumn ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| nearStation |
Komagome Station
ⓘ
Sengoku Station ⓘ |
| numberOfScenicSpots | 88 ⓘ |
| openedToPublicYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| operator | Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Yanagisawa clan ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Tokyo Metropolitan Government ⓘ |
| patron | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi ⓘ |
| prefecture | Tokyo Prefecture ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Special Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Place of Scenic Beauty (Japan)
|
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| style |
kaiyū-shiki teien
ⓘ
strolling landscape garden ⓘ |
| theme | landscape representations of classical Japanese waka poetry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rikugien Garden Description of subject: Rikugien Garden is a famous Edo-period strolling landscape garden in Tokyo known for its seasonal foliage, traditional teahouses, and carefully designed ponds and pathways.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.