Odawara-juku
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Odawara-juku was a historic post station and castle town in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture that flourished as a key stop for travelers, officials, and goods moving between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during Japan’s Edo period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Odawara-juku canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11582040 — 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: Odawara-juku Context triple: [Tōkaidō, hasStation, Odawara-juku]
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A.
Kanagawa-juku
Kanagawa-juku was a post station along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, serving as a key rest and relay point for travelers during the Edo period.
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B.
Fujisawa-juku
Fujisawa-juku was a post station and lodging town along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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C.
Ochanomizu
Ochanomizu is a central Tokyo district known for its universities, musical instrument shops, and historic temples along the Kanda River.
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D.
Mikohidari school
The Mikohidari school was an influential medieval Japanese poetic lineage known for its refined waka composition and rivalry with other court poetry schools.
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E.
Shōka Sonjuku academy
Shōka Sonjuku academy was a small but highly influential private school in late Edo-period Japan, led by Yoshida Shōin and known for educating many key figures who later drove the Meiji Restoration.
- 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: Odawara-juku Target entity description: Odawara-juku was a historic post station and castle town in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture that flourished as a key stop for travelers, officials, and goods moving between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during Japan’s Edo period.
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A.
Kanagawa-juku
Kanagawa-juku was a post station along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, serving as a key rest and relay point for travelers during the Edo period.
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B.
Fujisawa-juku
Fujisawa-juku was a post station and lodging town along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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C.
Ochanomizu
Ochanomizu is a central Tokyo district known for its universities, musical instrument shops, and historic temples along the Kanda River.
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D.
Mikohidari school
The Mikohidari school was an influential medieval Japanese poetic lineage known for its refined waka composition and rivalry with other court poetry schools.
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E.
Shōka Sonjuku academy
Shōka Sonjuku academy was a small but highly influential private school in late Edo-period Japan, led by Yoshida Shōin and known for educating many key figures who later drove the Meiji Restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
castle town
ⓘ
post station ⓘ shukuba ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Odawara Castle ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Edo
ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ |
| culturalPropertyType | historic site ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō by Utagawa Hiroshige
ⓘ
linked to:
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
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| developedAs | castle town around Odawara Castle ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring | Edo period ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Hakone-juku
ⓘ
linked to:
Tōkaidō post station
|
| functionedAs | transportation hub between Edo and Kyoto ⓘ |
| governedBy | Odawara Domain ⓘ |
| hadFacility |
hatago
ⓘ
honjin ⓘ tonya ⓘ waki-honjin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
accommodating large feudal retinues
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strategic location near Hakone barrier ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
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Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ Odawara ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| modernStatus | part of present-day Odawara cityscape ⓘ |
| nameWrittenInKanji | 小田原宿 ⓘ |
| near | Sagami Bay ⓘ |
| partOf | network of 53 Tōkaidō stations ⓘ |
| positionInRoute | ninth station on the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ōiso-juku ⓘ |
| roleIn | daimyō sankin-kōtai processions ⓘ |
| servedAs |
post station for goods transport
ⓘ
post station for officials ⓘ post station for travelers ⓘ |
| underControlOf | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Odawara-juku Description of subject: Odawara-juku was a historic post station and castle town in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture that flourished as a key stop for travelers, officials, and goods moving between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during Japan’s Edo period.
Referenced by (1)
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