Sea of Buddha
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Sea of Buddha is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that presents serene, meditative images of rows of Buddhist statues, exploring themes of time, spirituality, and perception.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sea of Buddha canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4745955 — 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: Sea of Buddha Context triple: [Hiroshi Sugimoto, notableWork, Sea of Buddha]
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A.
Bay of Dragons
The Bay of Dragons is a large body of water in the eastern continent of Essos in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," bordering key cities like Meereen, Yunkai, and Astapor.
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B.
Yoldia Sea
The Yoldia Sea was an early post-glacial brackish water stage of the Baltic basin that existed after the last Ice Age, named after the bivalve Yoldia arctica found in its sediments.
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C.
Sasanhaya Bay
Sasanhaya Bay is a scenic coastal inlet on the island of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, known for its clear waters and surrounding limestone cliffs.
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D.
Jade Sea
The Jade Sea is a large, eastern body of water in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," bordering several distant and exotic regions of Essos.
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E.
Maho Bay
Maho Bay is a tranquil, scenic beach on the island of Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, known for its calm turquoise waters and excellent sea turtle viewing.
- 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: Sea of Buddha Target entity description: Sea of Buddha is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that presents serene, meditative images of rows of Buddhist statues, exploring themes of time, spirituality, and perception.
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A.
Bay of Dragons
The Bay of Dragons is a large body of water in the eastern continent of Essos in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," bordering key cities like Meereen, Yunkai, and Astapor.
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B.
Yoldia Sea
The Yoldia Sea was an early post-glacial brackish water stage of the Baltic basin that existed after the last Ice Age, named after the bivalve Yoldia arctica found in its sediments.
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C.
Sasanhaya Bay
Sasanhaya Bay is a scenic coastal inlet on the island of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, known for its clear waters and surrounding limestone cliffs.
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D.
Jade Sea
The Jade Sea is a large, eastern body of water in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," bordering several distant and exotic regions of Essos.
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E.
Maho Bay
Maho Bay is a tranquil, scenic beach on the island of Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, known for its calm turquoise waters and excellent sea turtle viewing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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photographic series ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
formal composition
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high tonal contrast ⓘ long exposure ⓘ |
| artMovement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ minimalism ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Hiroshi Sugimoto ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
East Asian religious art
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Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| depicts |
interior of a temple
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rows of Buddhist statues ⓘ |
| exhibitionVenue |
art museums
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contemporary art galleries ⓘ |
| genre |
black-and-white photography
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conceptual photography ⓘ fine art photography ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLanguage | Sea of Buddha ⓘ |
| inCollection |
museum collections
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private collections ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
contemplative viewing experience
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meditative atmosphere ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Buddhism
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Buddhist statues ⓘ religious sculpture ⓘ |
| medium |
gelatin silver print
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photography ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Hiroshi Sugimoto ⓘ |
| partOfSeriesBy | Hiroshi Sugimoto ⓘ |
| theme |
collective identity
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meditation ⓘ perception ⓘ repetition ⓘ spirituality ⓘ stillness ⓘ time ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sea of Buddha Description of subject: Sea of Buddha is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that presents serene, meditative images of rows of Buddhist statues, exploring themes of time, spirituality, and perception.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.