Kabuki-za Theatre

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kabuki theatre theatre building tourist attraction

Kabuki-za Theatre is Tokyo’s principal and most famous kabuki playhouse, renowned for its traditional performances and historic architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kabuki-za Theatre canonical	3
Kabukiza Theatre reconstruction (Tokyo) interior and façade elements	1
歌舞伎座	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3404079 — 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: Kabuki-za Theatre
Context triple: [Ginza, hasLandmark, Kabuki-za Theatre]

A. Takatsuki Arts Theatre
Takatsuki Arts Theatre is a cultural and performing arts venue in Takatsuki, Japan, hosting concerts, theatrical productions, and community arts events.
B. Kyoto Theater
Kyoto Theater is a performance venue located within Kyoto Station, offering cultural and entertainment events to travelers and locals.
C. National Noh Theatre
The National Noh Theatre is a major cultural venue in Tokyo dedicated to the performance, preservation, and promotion of traditional Japanese Noh and Kyōgen theater.
D. Hyogo Performing Arts Center
Hyogo Performing Arts Center is a major cultural complex in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, known for its concert halls, theater spaces, and diverse performing arts programs.
E. Bunkyo Civic Center
Bunkyo Civic Center is a prominent government and cultural complex in Tokyo known for its observation deck with panoramic city views and its role as the ward’s administrative hub.
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: Kabuki-za Theatre
Target entity description: Kabuki-za Theatre is Tokyo’s principal and most famous kabuki playhouse, renowned for its traditional performances and historic architecture.

A. Takatsuki Arts Theatre
Takatsuki Arts Theatre is a cultural and performing arts venue in Takatsuki, Japan, hosting concerts, theatrical productions, and community arts events.
B. Kyoto Theater
Kyoto Theater is a performance venue located within Kyoto Station, offering cultural and entertainment events to travelers and locals.
C. National Noh Theatre
The National Noh Theatre is a major cultural venue in Tokyo dedicated to the performance, preservation, and promotion of traditional Japanese Noh and Kyōgen theater.
D. Hyogo Performing Arts Center
Hyogo Performing Arts Center is a major cultural complex in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, known for its concert halls, theater spaces, and diverse performing arts programs.
E. Bunkyo Civic Center
Bunkyo Civic Center is a prominent government and cultural complex in Tokyo known for its observation deck with panoramic city views and its role as the ward’s administrative hub.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	kabuki theatre ⓘ theatre building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentBuilding	Kabukiza Tower ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Japanese Revival ⓘ traditional Japanese ⓘ
closedForReconstruction	2010 ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
district	Ginza ⓘ
founder	Fukuchi Gen’ichirō NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	kabuki ⓘ
hasBoxOffice	on-site ticket office ⓘ
hasCulturalDesignation	important cultural venue in Tokyo ⓘ
hasFeature	Kabukiza Tower office building ⓘ hanamichi stage walkway ⓘ multi-tiered auditorium ⓘ traditional façade ⓘ underground shopping arcade ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.kabukiweb.net/ ⓘ
inception	1889 ⓘ
knownFor	historic architecture ⓘ kabuki theatre ⓘ traditional performances ⓘ
lighting	electric lighting ⓘ
locatedIn	Chūō, Tokyo ⓘ Ginza ⓘ Japan ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
mainTenant	Shochiku Company ⓘ linked to: Shochiku
nativeName	歌舞伎座 ⓘ linked to: Kabuki-za Theatre
nativeNameLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
offers	full-program tickets ⓘ single-act tickets ⓘ
opened	1889 ⓘ
operator	Shochiku Company ⓘ linked to: Shochiku
owner	Shochiku Company ⓘ linked to: Shochiku
partOf	Tokyo’s traditional theatre culture ⓘ
primaryUse	kabuki performances ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	Higashi-ginza Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructed	1924 ⓘ 1951 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ
reopened	2013 ⓘ
seatingType	proscenium theatre ⓘ
significance	Tokyo’s principal kabuki theatre ⓘ most famous kabuki playhouse in Tokyo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Ginza → hasLandmark → Kabuki-za Theatre ⓘ

Chūō, Tokyo, Japan → hasCulturalAttraction → Kabuki-za Theatre ⓘ

Chūō, Tokyo → hasLandmark → Kabuki-za Theatre ⓘ

Kabuki-za Theatre → nativeName → 歌舞伎座 ⓘ

linked to: Kabuki-za Theatre

Kengo Kuma → designed → Kabukiza Theatre reconstruction (Tokyo) interior and façade elements ⓘ