Dazaifu Tenmangū
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Dazaifu Tenmangū is a major Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to the deified scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, revered as Tenjin, the god of learning.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dazaifu Tenmangū canonical | 3 |
| Dazaifu Tenman-gū | 1 |
| Dazaifu Tenmangū Shrine Office | 1 |
| Dazaifu Tenmangū approach | 1 |
| Dazaifu Tenmangū shrine | 1 |
| 太宰府天満宮 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1577083 — 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: Dazaifu Tenmangū Context triple: [Tenjin, hasMajorShrine, Dazaifu Tenmangū]
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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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Himure Hachimangu Shrine
Himure Hachimangu Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Omihachiman, Japan, renowned for its traditional architecture and role in local festivals such as the Sagicho Matsuri.
- 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: Dazaifu Tenmangū Target entity description: Dazaifu Tenmangū is a major Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to the deified scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, revered as Tenjin, the god of learning.
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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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Himure Hachimangu Shrine
Himure Hachimangu Shrine is a historic Shinto shrine in Omihachiman, Japan, renowned for its traditional architecture and role in local festivals such as the Sagicho Matsuri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto shrine
ⓘ
Tenman-gū shrine ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Shinto shrine architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
education
ⓘ
examination success ⓘ scholarship ⓘ |
| builtOver | grave of Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ |
| category |
Religious building in Fukuoka Prefecture
ⓘ
Shinto shrines dedicated to Tenjin ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Sugawara no Michizane
ⓘ
Tenjin ⓘ |
| founded | 905 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Dazaifu Tenmangū
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dazaifu Tenmangū Shrine Office
|
| hasAnnualVisitors | millions of visitors per year ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPropertyStatus | Important cultural site in Fukuoka Prefecture ⓘ |
| hasDeity | Tenjin ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
approach lined with shops
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main hall (honden) ⓘ ox statues ⓘ plum tree gardens ⓘ pond and arched bridges ⓘ treasure hall (museum) ⓘ worship hall (haiden) ⓘ |
| hasLegend | Tobiume (flying plum tree) legend ⓘ |
| hasPlantSymbol | plum tree ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
ema votive tablet offerings
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omikuji fortune drawing ⓘ prayers for exam success ⓘ |
| knownFor |
academic success prayers
ⓘ
historic shrine architecture ⓘ plum blossoms ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dazaifu
ⓘ
surface form:
Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture
Kyushu ⓘ |
| mainFestival |
New Year’s celebrations
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Tobiume Festival ⓘ Ume Matsuri (Plum Blossom Festival) ⓘ |
| near |
Dazaifu Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyushu National Museum ⓘ |
| openedToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| region | Fukuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| significance |
major Tenjin shrine in Japan
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one of the most important Tenman-gū shrines ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
families seeking academic success
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scholars ⓘ students ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dazaifu Tenmangū Description of subject: Dazaifu Tenmangū is a major Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to the deified scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, revered as Tenjin, the god of learning.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Japan
this entity surface form:
Dazaifu Tenmangū shrine
this entity surface form:
Dazaifu Tenmangū Shrine Office
this entity surface form:
Dazaifu Tenman-gū
this entity surface form:
Dazaifu Tenmangū approach