Izumo Taisha Shrine

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Shinto shrine religious building

Izumo Taisha Shrine is one of Japan’s oldest and most revered Shinto shrines, famed as a major center of worship for the deity of marriage and good relationships.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Izumo Taisha	8
Izumo Grand Shrine Administration Building	2
Izumo Grand Shrine	1
Izumo Taisha Shrine canonical	1
Izumo Taisha precincts	1
Izumo Taisha, one of the oldest and most important Shinto shrines	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1769380 — 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: Izumo Taisha Shrine
Context triple: [Chūgoku region, knownFor, Izumo Taisha Shrine]

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. Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Grand Shrine is Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine complex, dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu and closely associated with the Japanese imperial family.
C. Kumano Hongu Taisha
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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Izumo Taisha Shrine
Target entity description: Izumo Taisha Shrine is one of Japan’s oldest and most revered Shinto shrines, famed as a major center of worship for the deity of marriage and good relationships.

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. Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Grand Shrine is Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine complex, dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu and closely associated with the Japanese imperial family.
C. Kumano Hongu Taisha
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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shinto shrine ⓘ religious building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	taisha-zukuri ⓘ
associatedBelief	all Shinto deities gather there in the 10th lunar month ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalStatus	Important Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ National Treasure (honden) ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Ōkuninushi ⓘ
governingBody	Association of Shinto Shrines ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Izumo Taisha Shrine ⓘ surface form: Izumo Grand Shrine Izumo Ōyashiro ⓘ
hasEnclosure	multiple shrine precincts ⓘ
hasFeature	haiden (worship hall) ⓘ honden (main sanctuary) ⓘ large shimenawa rope ⓘ sacred cedar trees ⓘ
hasFestival	Kamiari-sai ⓘ Reitaisai (Grand Festival) ⓘ
hasGuardianAnimal	sacred rabbits (associated with Ōkuninushi) ⓘ
hasRitual	formal shrine prayers (kigan) ⓘ offering of ema (votive plaques) ⓘ shinto weddings ⓘ
hasToriiMaterial	bronze ⓘ wood ⓘ
isOneOf	most important Shinto shrines in Japan ⓘ oldest Shinto shrines in Japan ⓘ
knownFor	en-musubi (binding of fates) ⓘ good relationships ⓘ marriage ⓘ
locatedIn	Chūgoku region ⓘ Honshu ⓘ Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan ⓘ surface form: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture Shimane Prefecture ⓘ
mainHallHeight	about 24 meters ⓘ
near	Izumo Taisha-mae Station ⓘ Izumoshi Station ⓘ
pilgrimageType	major pilgrimage site ⓘ
primaryDeityRole	deity of agriculture ⓘ deity of matchmaking ⓘ deity of medicine ⓘ deity of nation-building ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ
tourismCategory	major tourist attraction in Shimane Prefecture ⓘ
visitedFor	prayers for family harmony ⓘ prayers for good human relationships ⓘ prayers for marriage ⓘ prayers for romantic relationships ⓘ
worshipType	Shinto ⓘ

How these facts were elicited