karesansui
E286059
Karesansui is a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden style that uses rocks, gravel, and minimal plant life to evoke natural scenery and support Zen meditation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| karesansui canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2655652 — 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: karesansui Context triple: [Zen gardens, alsoKnownAs, karesansui]
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kariocha
Kariocha is a central initiation ceremony in the Afro-Cuban Yoruba-derived religion of Regla de Ocha (Santería), in which a devotee is ritually consecrated as a priest or priestess of the orishas.
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kandake
Kandake was the royal title used for powerful queen mothers and ruling queens of the ancient Nubian Kingdom of Kush (including Meroë), often noted in Greco-Roman sources as "Candace."
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kupkari
Kupkari is a traditional Central Asian equestrian team sport in which mounted players compete to seize and carry a goat or calf carcass to a goal.
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D.
kes
Kes is the title given to the traditional religious leaders and priests of the Ethiopian Jewish (Beta Israel) community.
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Kaiyukan
Kaiyukan is a large, world-renowned public aquarium in Osaka, Japan, famous for its massive central tank and immersive marine life exhibits.
- 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: karesansui Target entity description: Karesansui is a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden style that uses rocks, gravel, and minimal plant life to evoke natural scenery and support Zen meditation.
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A.
kariocha
Kariocha is a central initiation ceremony in the Afro-Cuban Yoruba-derived religion of Regla de Ocha (Santería), in which a devotee is ritually consecrated as a priest or priestess of the orishas.
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B.
kandake
Kandake was the royal title used for powerful queen mothers and ruling queens of the ancient Nubian Kingdom of Kush (including Meroë), often noted in Greco-Roman sources as "Candace."
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C.
kupkari
Kupkari is a traditional Central Asian equestrian team sport in which mounted players compete to seize and carry a goat or calf carcass to a goal.
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D.
kes
Kes is the title given to the traditional religious leaders and priests of the Ethiopian Jewish (Beta Israel) community.
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E.
Kaiyukan
Kaiyukan is a large, world-renowned public aquarium in Osaka, Japan, famous for its massive central tank and immersive marine life exhibits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese garden style
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Zen garden ⓘ dry landscape garden ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese temples
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Zen ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
mu (emptiness) ⓘ wabi-sabi aesthetics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Zen meditation
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contemplation ⓘ seated viewing ⓘ |
| designElement |
careful rock placement
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contrasts of void and solid ⓘ framed views from a veranda ⓘ raked gravel suggesting water ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
absence of water
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abstraction of nature ⓘ asymmetry ⓘ controlled composition ⓘ dry landscape ⓘ minimalism ⓘ raked gravel patterns ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfDevelopment | Muromachi period ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Song dynasty Chinese landscape painting
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Zen Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| influences |
contemporary minimalist landscape design
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modern Japanese garden design ⓘ |
| notableExample |
Daitoku-ji temple gardens
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surface form:
Daitoku-ji gardens
Ginkaku-ji sand garden ⓘ
surface form:
Ginkaku-ji gardens
Ryōan-ji rock garden ⓘ |
| purpose |
aid spiritual reflection
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evoke natural landscapes in abstract form ⓘ |
| represents |
islands
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mountains ⓘ natural scenery ⓘ rivers ⓘ seas ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
Zen temple gardens
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hojo (abbot’s quarters) ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
boulders
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gravel ⓘ minimal plant life ⓘ moss ⓘ rocks ⓘ sand ⓘ stepping stones ⓘ |
| viewingMode |
not meant for walking through
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viewed from a fixed vantage point ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: karesansui Description of subject: Karesansui is a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden style that uses rocks, gravel, and minimal plant life to evoke natural scenery and support Zen meditation.
Referenced by (1)
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