Ōtsu-juku
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Ōtsu-juku was a historic post station and lodging town that served travelers along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, near the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in present-day Shiga Prefecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ōtsu-juku canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11582047 — 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: Ōtsu-juku Context triple: [Tōkaidō, hasStation, Ōtsu-juku]
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A.
Odawara-juku
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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B.
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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C.
Numazu-juku
Numazu-juku was a post station and lodging town along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō route, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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D.
Mishima-juku
Mishima-juku was a historic post station and lodging town along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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E.
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.
- 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: Ōtsu-juku Target entity description: Ōtsu-juku was a historic post station and lodging town that served travelers along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, near the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in present-day Shiga Prefecture.
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A.
Odawara-juku
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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B.
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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C.
Numazu-juku
Numazu-juku was a post station and lodging town along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō route, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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D.
Mishima-juku
Mishima-juku was a historic post station and lodging town along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, serving travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
post station
ⓘ
shukuba ⓘ |
| artisticRepresentationBy | Utagawa Hiroshige ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tōkaidō travel culture
ⓘ
daimyō processions (sankin-kōtai) ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Edo
ⓘ
Fushimi ⓘ Kusatsu-juku ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | historic site area with preserved streetscape (partial) ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige series)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō
|
| distanceFrom | approximately 14 kilometers from Kyoto ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
innkeeping
ⓘ
port-related commerce on Lake Biwa ⓘ tea houses ⓘ |
| function |
lodging town
ⓘ
post town for travelers ⓘ |
| governingAuthority | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| hadFacility |
hatago
ⓘ
honjin ⓘ waki-honjin ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | major staging point between Edo and Kyoto ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shiga Prefecture
ⓘ
Ōtsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Kansai region ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lake Biwa
ⓘ
eastern shore of Lake Biwa ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute |
Nakasendō
ⓘ
Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| modernLocation | Ōtsu City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernPrefecture | Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameWrittenInKanji |
大津宿
ⓘ
linked to:
大津市
|
| nearByBodyOfWater | Seta River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearByCity | Kyoto ⓘ |
| positionOnNakasendō | 69th station of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō ⓘ |
| positionOnTōkaidō | 53rd station of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| regionRelativeToLakeBiwa | southern shore area of Lake Biwa ⓘ |
| role |
gateway to Kyoto from the east
ⓘ
transport and communications hub between eastern and western Japan ⓘ |
| servedAs |
post station on the Nakasendō
ⓘ
post station on the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| transportRole | junction of land and water transport routes ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Ōtsu-juku Description of subject: Ōtsu-juku was a historic post station and lodging town that served travelers along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, near the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in present-day Shiga Prefecture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.