Setsubun festival

E187755

Japanese festival annual event seasonal festival

The Setsubun festival is a traditional Japanese event marking the seasonal transition from winter to spring, celebrated with rituals like bean-throwing to drive away evil spirits and invite good fortune.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Setsubun	2
Setsubun Mantoro	1
Setsubun bean-throwing ceremony	1
Setsubun ceremony	1
Setsubun festival canonical	1
節分	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1655921 — 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: Setsubun festival
Context triple: [Namba Yasaka Shrine, hasFestival, Setsubun festival]

A. Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
B. Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
C. Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
D. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
E. Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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: Setsubun festival
Target entity description: The Setsubun festival is a traditional Japanese event marking the seasonal transition from winter to spring, celebrated with rituals like bean-throwing to drive away evil spirits and invite good fortune.

A. Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
B. Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
C. Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
D. Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
E. Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese festival ⓘ annual event ⓘ seasonal festival ⓘ
associatedTerm	Risshun ⓘ
associatedWith	exorcism of evil spirits ⓘ fortune ⓘ lucky direction ⓘ oni ⓘ purification ⓘ start of spring ⓘ transition from winter to spring ⓘ
basedOn	traditional Japanese calendar ⓘ
chantMeaning	Demons out, good fortune in ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	household protection from misfortune ⓘ marks seasonal transition ⓘ prayer for health and prosperity in the coming year ⓘ
ehomakiCustom	eating a thick sushi roll while facing the lucky direction ⓘ
ehomakiMeaning	lucky direction sushi roll ⓘ
followsCalendar	lunar-solar calendar ⓘ
hasCustom	children throwing beans at a person wearing an oni mask ⓘ eating ehomaki ⓘ eating one bean for each year of age ⓘ eating roasted soybeans ⓘ family members throwing beans ⓘ head of household throwing beans ⓘ
hasEvent	public bean-throwing ceremonies at shrines ⓘ public bean-throwing ceremonies at temples ⓘ
hasJapaneseName	Setsubun festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 節分
literalMeaning	seasonal division ⓘ
mainRitual	mamemaki ⓘ
mamemakiMeaning	bean-throwing ⓘ
oniMeaning	demons ⓘ
participants	local celebrities ⓘ monks ⓘ priests ⓘ sumo wrestlers ⓘ
performedAt	Buddhist temples ⓘ Shinto shrines ⓘ households in Japan ⓘ
relatedRitual	tsuina ⓘ
religiousContext	Buddhist practices ⓘ Shinto practices ⓘ
RisshunMeaning	first day of spring ⓘ
symbolicAction	throwing beans to drive away evil spirits ⓘ throwing beans to invite good fortune ⓘ
timePeriod	Heian period origins ⓘ
tsuinaMeaning	ancient court exorcism ritual ⓘ
typicalChant	Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi ⓘ
typicalDate	February 3 ⓘ day before Risshun ⓘ
usesItem	ehomaki ⓘ roasted soybeans ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Namba Yasaka Shrine → hasFestival → Setsubun festival ⓘ

Kasuga Taisha → hasFestival → Setsubun festival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Setsubun Mantoro

Kasuga Taisha → mantoroHeldOn → Setsubun festival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Setsubun

Setsubun festival → hasJapaneseName → Setsubun festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Setsubun

this entity surface form: 節分

Ishiyama-dera → hasFestival → Setsubun festival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Setsubun ceremony

Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji Temple) → hasEvent → Setsubun festival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Setsubun bean-throwing ceremony

Japanese traditional calendar → hasPart → Setsubun festival ⓘ