Ryōzenji
E378203
Ryōzenji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, best known as the traditional starting point of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ryōzenji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3413576 — 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: Ryōzenji Context triple: [Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, startingTemple, Ryōzenji]
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Nanzen-ji
Nanzen-ji is a major Zen Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture, serene gardens, and status as one of the most important Zen temples in the country.
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Zenkō-ji Temple
Zenkō-ji Temple is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, known as one of the country’s most important pilgrimage sites.
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Enryaku-ji
Enryaku-ji is a historic Tendai Buddhist monastery complex on Mount Hiei, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Japan’s most important religious centers.
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D.
To-ji
To-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famed for its five-story pagoda—the tallest wooden tower in the country—and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Gangō-ji
Gangō-ji is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, located in Nara and recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
- 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: Ryōzenji Target entity description: Ryōzenji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, best known as the traditional starting point of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
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A.
Nanzen-ji
Nanzen-ji is a major Zen Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture, serene gardens, and status as one of the most important Zen temples in the country.
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B.
Zenkō-ji Temple
Zenkō-ji Temple is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, known as one of the country’s most important pilgrimage sites.
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C.
Enryaku-ji
Enryaku-ji is a historic Tendai Buddhist monastery complex on Mount Hiei, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Japan’s most important religious centers.
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D.
To-ji
To-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famed for its five-story pagoda—the tallest wooden tower in the country—and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Gangō-ji
Gangō-ji is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, located in Nara and recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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Shingon temple ⓘ temple of the Kōya-san Shingon-shū sect ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kūkai
ⓘ
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ
surface form:
Shikoku henro pilgrims
|
| category |
Buddhist temples in Tokushima Prefecture
ⓘ
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ
surface form:
Shikoku Pilgrimage sites
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Shaka Nyorai ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Gyōki ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Temple 1 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | important site of Japanese pilgrimage culture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
pilgrims’ office
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stamp office (nōkyōjo) ⓘ statues of Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) ⓘ temple bell ⓘ |
| hasGarden | temple grounds garden ⓘ |
| hasMainHall | Hondō ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageFunction |
distribution of pilgrimage supplies
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starting ritual for Shikoku pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasRole | starting point of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Daishidō
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Sanmon gate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Naruto
ⓘ
surface form:
Naruto, Tokushima
Tokushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Shikoku ⓘ |
| nativeName | 霊山寺 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| pilgrimageNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| romanization |
Ryozenji
NERFINISHED
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Ryōzenji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sect | Kōya-san Shingon-shū ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | Tokushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ryōzenji Description of subject: Ryōzenji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, best known as the traditional starting point of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.