Kumano Hongu Taisha

E148413

Shinto shrine religious building

Kumano Hongu Taisha is a major Shinto shrine and one of the three grand shrines of the Kumano region, revered as a key pilgrimage destination on Japan’s ancient Kumano Kodo routes.

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Label	Occurrences
Kumano Hongu Taisha canonical	9
Kumano Hongū Taisha	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1153905 — 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: Kumano Hongu Taisha
Context triple: [Wakayama Prefecture, contains, Kumano Hongu Taisha]

A. Kasuga Taisha
Kasuga Taisha is an ancient Shinto shrine in Nara, Japan, renowned for its thousands of stone and bronze lanterns and its deep historical and cultural significance.
B. Ikuta Shrine
Ikuta Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine in Kobe, Japan, revered as one of the city's oldest religious sites and a symbol of local cultural heritage.
C. Atsuta Shrine
Atsuta Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines, renowned for enshrining the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and attracting millions of pilgrims and visitors annually.
D. Naminoue Shrine
Naminoue Shrine is a prominent Shinto shrine in Naha, Okinawa, revered as a guardian of seafarers and known for its dramatic cliffside location overlooking the sea.
E. Yasaka Shrine
Yasaka Shrine is a famous Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture and as the central site of the Gion Matsuri festival.
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: Kumano Hongu Taisha
Target entity description: Kumano Hongu Taisha is a major Shinto shrine and one of the three grand shrines of the Kumano region, revered as a key pilgrimage destination on Japan’s ancient Kumano Kodo routes.

A. Kasuga Taisha
Kasuga Taisha is an ancient Shinto shrine in Nara, Japan, renowned for its thousands of stone and bronze lanterns and its deep historical and cultural significance.
B. Ikuta Shrine
Ikuta Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine in Kobe, Japan, revered as one of the city's oldest religious sites and a symbol of local cultural heritage.
C. Atsuta Shrine
Atsuta Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines, renowned for enshrining the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and attracting millions of pilgrims and visitors annually.
D. Naminoue Shrine
Naminoue Shrine is a prominent Shinto shrine in Naha, Okinawa, revered as a guardian of seafarers and known for its dramatic cliffside location overlooking the sea.
E. Yasaka Shrine
Yasaka Shrine is a famous Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture and as the central site of the Gion Matsuri festival.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shinto shrine ⓘ religious building ⓘ
access	served by buses from Shingu and Tanabe ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Shinto shrine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Kawayu Onsen ⓘ Kumano Hayatama Taisha ⓘ Kumano Nachi Taisha ⓘ Kawayu Onsen ⓘ surface form: Wataze Onsen Yunomine Onsen ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalDesignation	Important Cultural Properties of Japan ⓘ surface form: Important Cultural Property of Japan
dedicatedTo	Amaterasu ⓘ surface form: Amaterasu-Ōmikami Ketsumimiko-no-Ōkami ⓘ surface form: Ketsumiko-no-Ōkami Ketsumimiko-no-Ōkami ⓘ Kumano Gongen ⓘ Susanoo ⓘ surface form: Susanoo-no-Mikoto
governingBody	Jinja Honcho ⓘ
hasFeature	large torii gate at Oyunohara ⓘ multiple honden (main sanctuaries) ⓘ
hasFestival	Kumano Hongu Taisha Spring Festival ⓘ Yata-no-Hi Matsuri ⓘ
hasPilgrimageRoute	Iseji route ⓘ Kohechi route ⓘ Nakahechi route ⓘ Ohechi route ⓘ Omine Okugake trail ⓘ surface form: Omine Okugakemichi route
hasRole	head shrine of Kumano Hongu shrines ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage component ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan ⓘ surface form: Hongu, Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture Kii Peninsula ⓘ Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Kumano River ⓘ
originalLocation	Oyunohara ⓘ
partOf	Kumano Kodo ⓘ surface form: Kumano Kodo pilgrimage network Kumano Sanzan ⓘ Kumano ⓘ surface form: Kumano region
pilgrimageType	Kumano Kodo ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ
relocatedFrom	Oyunohara ⓘ
relocationReason	flood damage ⓘ
significance	major pilgrimage destination ⓘ one of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano ⓘ
tourismType	cultural heritage tourism destination ⓘ religious tourism destination ⓘ
worldHeritageSiteOf	Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range ⓘ
worshipType	Shinto-Buddhist syncretic traditions historically ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Wakayama Prefecture → contains → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

Kii Peninsula region of Japan → contains → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

subject surface form: Kii Peninsula

Yoshino-Kumano National Park → hasPart → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range → contains → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

Kumano Sanzan → hasPart → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

Kii Mountains → contains → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kumano Hongū Taisha

Kumano Nachi Taisha → associatedWith → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

Kumano River → associatedWith → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

Shingu → near → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

Kumano-nada Sea → near → Kumano Hongu Taisha ⓘ

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