Kongōbu-ji
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Kongōbu-ji is the principal temple complex on Mount Kōya in Japan and the spiritual and administrative center of the Shingon Buddhist sect.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kongobu-ji | 2 |
| Kongobu-ji Temple Administration | 1 |
| Kongobu-ji temple | 1 |
| Kongōbu-ji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3795730 — 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: Kongōbu-ji Context triple: [Shingon Buddhism, headTemple, Kongōbu-ji]
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A.
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.”
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B.
Ishiyama-dera
Ishiyama-dera is a historic Buddhist temple in Japan renowned for its autumn foliage, cultural treasures, and association with the author of The Tale of Genji.
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C.
Ryōzenji
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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D.
Kyo-o-gokoku-ji
Kyo-o-gokoku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its towering five-story pagoda and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
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.
- 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: Kongōbu-ji Target entity description: Kongōbu-ji is the principal temple complex on Mount Kōya in Japan and the spiritual and administrative center of the Shingon Buddhist sect.
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A.
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.”
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B.
Ishiyama-dera
Ishiyama-dera is a historic Buddhist temple in Japan renowned for its autumn foliage, cultural treasures, and association with the author of The Tale of Genji.
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C.
Ryōzenji
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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D.
Kyo-o-gokoku-ji
Kyo-o-gokoku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its towering five-story pagoda and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Shingon temple ⓘ head temple ⓘ |
| administers | Shingon sect on Mount Kōya ⓘ |
| affiliation | Kōyasan Shingon-shū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | traditional Japanese Buddhist temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kūkai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Kōya monastic community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BuddhistSchool | Shingon Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| founded | 1593 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs | temples of Kōyasan Shingon-shū ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPropertyStatus | Important cultural property of Japan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large rock garden Banryū-tei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
painted sliding doors (fusuma-e) ⓘ traditional tatami rooms ⓘ |
| hasGardenType | karesansui rock garden ⓘ |
| hasMainHall | Ohiroma (main audience hall) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersOf | Kōyasan Shingon-shū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Kansai region ⓘ Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Kōya NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Danjo Garan temple complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okunoin cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| originallyFoundedAs | Seigan-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kii Mountain Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
administrative center of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū
ⓘ
spiritual center of Shingon Buddhism on Mount Kōya ⓘ |
| significance |
center of Shingon Buddhist practice on Mount Kōya
ⓘ
principal temple complex on Mount Kōya ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf | Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kongōbu-ji Description of subject: Kongōbu-ji is the principal temple complex on Mount Kōya in Japan and the spiritual and administrative center of the Shingon Buddhist sect.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kongobu-ji temple
this entity surface form:
Kongobu-ji
this entity surface form:
Kongobu-ji Temple Administration