Okunoin cemetery

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Buddhist sacred site cemetery pilgrimage site

Okunoin cemetery is Japan’s largest and most sacred graveyard on Mount Koya, renowned as a major Shingon Buddhist pilgrimage site and the resting place of the monk Kobo Daishi.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Okunoin cemetery canonical	4
Okunoin Cemetery	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6317975 — 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: Okunoin cemetery
Context triple: [Koya town, contains, Okunoin cemetery]

A. Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium
Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium is a contemplative, minimalist cremation complex in Japan designed by architect Fumihiko Maki, noted for its serene integration with the surrounding landscape.
B. Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Yokohama where many of the city’s early foreign residents and notable expatriates are interred.
C. Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo is a historic and prestigious public graveyard known for being the resting place of many prominent Japanese political and cultural figures.
D. Fushimi Momoyama Mausoleum
Fushimi Momoyama Mausoleum is an imperial burial site in Kyoto, Japan, known as the final resting place of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken.
E. Zuihoden Mausoleum
Zuihoden Mausoleum is an ornate, richly decorated burial complex in Sendai dedicated to Date Masamune, the powerful feudal lord who founded the city.
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: Okunoin cemetery
Target entity description: Okunoin cemetery is Japan’s largest and most sacred graveyard on Mount Koya, renowned as a major Shingon Buddhist pilgrimage site and the resting place of the monk Kobo Daishi.

A. Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium
Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium is a contemplative, minimalist cremation complex in Japan designed by architect Fumihiko Maki, noted for its serene integration with the surrounding landscape.
B. Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Yokohama where many of the city’s early foreign residents and notable expatriates are interred.
C. Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo is a historic and prestigious public graveyard known for being the resting place of many prominent Japanese political and cultural figures.
D. Fushimi Momoyama Mausoleum
Fushimi Momoyama Mausoleum is an imperial burial site in Kyoto, Japan, known as the final resting place of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken.
E. Zuihoden Mausoleum
Zuihoden Mausoleum is an ornate, richly decorated burial complex in Sendai dedicated to Date Masamune, the powerful feudal lord who founded the city.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist sacred site ⓘ cemetery ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Okunoin NERFINISHED ⓘ Okunoin Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedFigure	Kobo Daishi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shingon monks ⓘ
associatedWith	Koyasan Shingon-shu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Koya monastic settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsGravesOf	commoners ⓘ corporate memorials ⓘ feudal lords ⓘ monks ⓘ samurai ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalDesignation	important religious site in Japan ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Kobo Daishi NERFINISHED ⓘ
eraOfOrigin	Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBurialOf	Kobo Daishi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	Gobyobashi bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Ichinohashi bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Kobo Daishi Gobyo mausoleum NERFINISHED ⓘ Okunoin Temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Torodo lantern hall NERFINISHED ⓘ cenotaphs ⓘ cobbled pilgrimage path ⓘ company memorial graves ⓘ moss-covered gravestones ⓘ old-growth cedar trees ⓘ stone lanterns ⓘ stone stupas ⓘ tombstones ⓘ tower-shaped graves ⓘ
hasMausoleumOf	Kobo Daishi NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Kansai region ⓘ Koya, Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Koya NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Koyasan Shingon-shu religious organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
pilgrimagePractice	nighttime cemetery walks ⓘ offering prayers at Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum ⓘ walking from Ichinohashi to the mausoleum ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
significance	largest cemetery in Japan ⓘ major Shingon Buddhist pilgrimage destination ⓘ one of the most sacred sites in Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
tradition	Shingon Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	2004 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	part of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koya town → contains → Okunoin cemetery ⓘ

Koya town → isFamousFor → Okunoin cemetery ⓘ

Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex → hasPart → Okunoin cemetery ⓘ

Koyasan Okunoin → contains → Okunoin cemetery ⓘ

Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture → contains → Okunoin cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okunoin Cemetery

Mount Kōya → hasPart → Okunoin cemetery ⓘ