Mount Hiei

E181518

mountain sacred mountain

Mount Hiei is a historically significant mountain on the border of Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures in Japan, best known as the site of the Tendai Buddhist monastery Enryaku-ji and as a UNESCO World Heritage location.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Hiei canonical	11
Hieizan (Mount Hiei) foothills	1
比叡山	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1595921 — 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: Mount Hiei
Context triple: [Shiga, containsLandmark, Mount Hiei]

A. Mount Rokko
Mount Rokko is a prominent mountain range near Kobe, Japan, known for its panoramic night views, hiking trails, and recreational facilities.
B. Takamagahara
Takamagahara is the heavenly realm in Shinto mythology, home of the kami and the divine seat of celestial authority.
C. Mount Hachiman
Mount Hachiman is a scenic hill in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, known for its historical significance, hiking trails, and panoramic views over the city and Lake Biwa.
D. Rokkō Mountains
The Rokkō Mountains are a scenic mountain range in Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture, known for overlooking the city of Kobe and offering popular hiking, hot springs, and panoramic viewpoints.
E. Mount Yoshino
Mount Yoshino is a famous mountain in Japan renowned for its thousands of cherry trees that attract large numbers of visitors during the spring blossom season.
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: Mount Hiei
Target entity description: Mount Hiei is a historically significant mountain on the border of Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures in Japan, best known as the site of the Tendai Buddhist monastery Enryaku-ji and as a UNESCO World Heritage location.

A. Mount Rokko
Mount Rokko is a prominent mountain range near Kobe, Japan, known for its panoramic night views, hiking trails, and recreational facilities.
B. Takamagahara
Takamagahara is the heavenly realm in Shinto mythology, home of the kami and the divine seat of celestial authority.
C. Mount Hachiman
Mount Hachiman is a scenic hill in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, known for its historical significance, hiking trails, and panoramic views over the city and Lake Biwa.
D. Rokkō Mountains
The Rokkō Mountains are a scenic mountain range in Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture, known for overlooking the city of Kobe and offering popular hiking, hot springs, and panoramic viewpoints.
E. Mount Yoshino
Mount Yoshino is a famous mountain in Japan renowned for its thousands of cherry trees that attract large numbers of visitors during the spring blossom season.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain ⓘ sacred mountain ⓘ
accessFrom	Kyoto via Eizan Electric Railway ⓘ Shiga side via Sakamoto Cable Car ⓘ
associatedWithBuddhistSchool	Tendai ⓘ
associatedWithPractice	marathon monk ascetic training ⓘ
associatedWithSect	sōhei (warrior monks) ⓘ surface form: Tendai monks (sōhei warrior monks historically)
climate	temperate with snowy winters ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
elevation	2782 feet ⓘ 848 meters ⓘ
hasAttraction	gardens and temple buildings of Enryaku-ji ⓘ observation points over Kyoto and Lake Biwa ⓘ scenic hiking trails ⓘ
hasCableCar	Eizan Cable ⓘ
hasCulturalDesignation	important cultural landscape of Kyoto area ⓘ
hasMonastery	Enryaku-ji ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	Enryaku-ji ⓘ
hasRoad	Hiei Driveway ⓘ
hasRopeway	Hiei Ropeway ⓘ
hasTempleComplex	Enryaku-ji ⓘ
historicalSignificance	center of Tendai Buddhism in Japan ⓘ important religious and political power base in Heian period ⓘ
isSacredTo	Japanese Buddhism in general ⓘ Tendai Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Tendai Buddhists
JapaneseName	Mount Hiei self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 比叡山
locatedIn	Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Kansai region ⓘ
locatedNear	Kyoto ⓘ Lake Biwa ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf	Kyoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearCity	Ōtsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearSettlement	Ōtsu ⓘ surface form: Sakamoto (Ōtsu)
offersViewOf	Kyoto ⓘ surface form: Kyoto city Lake Biwa ⓘ
partOf	Shigaraki Mountains ⓘ surface form: Hira Mountains (broad sense / local range context)
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
romanization	Hieizan ⓘ
tourism	popular pilgrimage and sightseeing destination ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1994 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	688 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	inscribed ⓘ
worldHeritageSiteComponentOf	Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ

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

Shiga → containsLandmark → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Tendai Buddhism → mainTempleLocation → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Japanese battleship Hiei → namedAfter → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Otsu → hasScenicArea → Mount Hiei ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hieizan (Mount Hiei) foothills

Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex → locatedOn → Mount Hiei ⓘ

subject surface form: Hieizan Enryaku-ji

Mount Hiei → JapaneseName → Mount Hiei self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 比叡山

Enryaku-ji → locatedIn → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Shinran → residedAt → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Saichō → deathPlace → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Saichō → basedAt → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Saichō → ordinationPlatformLocation → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Dengyō Daishi → monasticResidence → Mount Hiei ⓘ

Dengyō Daishi → ordinationPlatformLocation → Mount Hiei ⓘ

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