Koyasan Buddhist Temple
E382172
Koyasan Buddhist Temple is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, serving as a spiritual and cultural center for the local Japanese American community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koyasan Buddhist Temple canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3642279 — 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: Koyasan Buddhist Temple Context triple: [Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, hasReligiousSite, Koyasan Buddhist Temple]
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A.
Byodo-In Temple
Byodo-In Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple in the Valley of the Temples on Oahu, Hawaii, built as a smaller-scale replica of the 950-year-old Byōdō-in Temple in Uji, Japan.
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B.
Sengaku-ji Temple
Sengaku-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known as the burial site of the Forty-seven Ronin, a famous group of samurai celebrated in Japanese history and culture.
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C.
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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D.
Gotokuji Temple
Gotokuji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo famed as the birthplace of the beckoning cat (maneki-neko) legend and its thousands of cat figurines.
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E.
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.
- 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: Koyasan Buddhist Temple Target entity description: Koyasan Buddhist Temple is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, serving as a spiritual and cultural center for the local Japanese American community.
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A.
Byodo-In Temple
Byodo-In Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple in the Valley of the Temples on Oahu, Hawaii, built as a smaller-scale replica of the 950-year-old Byōdō-in Temple in Uji, Japan.
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B.
Sengaku-ji Temple
Sengaku-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known as the burial site of the Forty-seven Ronin, a famous group of samurai celebrated in Japanese history and culture.
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C.
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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D.
Gotokuji Temple
Gotokuji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo famed as the birthplace of the beckoning cat (maneki-neko) legend and its thousands of cat figurines.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Shingon temple ⓘ religious organization ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Kōya-san Shingon-shū
ⓘ
surface form:
Koyasan Shingon sect
|
| associatedWith | Japanese Americans in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalFunction |
preservation of Buddhist traditions
ⓘ
preservation of Japanese culture ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
cultural center
ⓘ
spiritual center ⓘ |
| denomination |
Shingon Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Shingon
|
| hasActivity |
Buddhist services
ⓘ
community gatherings ⓘ cultural events ⓘ meditation practice ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
| heritage | Japanese American heritage ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ Little Tokyo, Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mount Kōya
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surface form:
Mount Koya
|
| regionServed | Southern California ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shingon Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | place of worship ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Vajrayana
ⓘ
surface form:
Esoteric Buddhism
|
| servesCommunity |
Japanese American community
ⓘ
Little Tokyo community ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Koyasan Buddhist Temple Description of subject: Koyasan Buddhist Temple is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, serving as a spiritual and cultural center for the local Japanese American community.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.