Kaneiji Temple
E610398
Kaneiji Temple is a historic Tendai Buddhist temple in Tokyo that once served as the family temple of the Tokugawa shoguns and remains a major cultural site in the Ueno area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaneiji Temple canonical | 1 |
| Kaneiji Temple grounds | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6547081 — 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: Kaneiji Temple Context triple: [Ueno, hasLandmark, Kaneiji Temple]
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A.
Kinpusen-ji Temple
Kinpusen-ji Temple is a major Shugendō Buddhist temple complex in Nara Prefecture, Japan, renowned as a sacred mountain worship site and part of the UNESCO-listed Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.
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B.
Kanteibyo Temple
Kanteibyo Temple is a colorful and ornate Chinese temple in Yokohama’s Chinatown, dedicated to the deity Guan Yu and known for its vibrant festivals and intricate architecture.
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C.
Seiganto-ji Temple
Seiganto-ji Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, famed for its picturesque pagoda standing before the dramatic Nachi Falls.
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D.
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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E.
Joruri-ji Temple
Joruri-ji Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple in Kizugawa, Japan, renowned for its Heian-period architecture, Pure Land garden, and statues of the Amida Buddha.
- 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: Kaneiji Temple Target entity description: Kaneiji Temple is a historic Tendai Buddhist temple in Tokyo that once served as the family temple of the Tokugawa shoguns and remains a major cultural site in the Ueno area.
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A.
Kinpusen-ji Temple
Kinpusen-ji Temple is a major Shugendō Buddhist temple complex in Nara Prefecture, Japan, renowned as a sacred mountain worship site and part of the UNESCO-listed Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.
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B.
Kanteibyo Temple
Kanteibyo Temple is a colorful and ornate Chinese temple in Yokohama’s Chinatown, dedicated to the deity Guan Yu and known for its vibrant festivals and intricate architecture.
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C.
Seiganto-ji Temple
Seiganto-ji Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, famed for its picturesque pagoda standing before the dramatic Nachi Falls.
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D.
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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E.
Joruri-ji Temple
Joruri-ji Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple in Kizugawa, Japan, renowned for its Heian-period architecture, Pure Land garden, and statues of the Amida Buddha.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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Tendai temple ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Japanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tokugawa Iemitsu
NERFINISHED
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Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa shoguns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Buddhist temples in Tokyo
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Tendai temples ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate-related sites ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Ueno Sakuragi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | former guardian temple of Edo Castle’s northeast (kimon) direction ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Boshin War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Edo period ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Tenkai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingRulerPatron | Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | family temple of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| governingBody | Tendai sect administration ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | Tokugawa family graves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapanese | 寛永寺 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Five-storied pagoda of Ueno Zoo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokugawa shogun mausoleums NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshogu Shrine (Ueno) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important cultural site in Ueno area ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Battle of Ueno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1625 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
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Japan ⓘ Kanto region NERFINISHED ⓘ Taito NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ Ueno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Tokyo National Museum
NERFINISHED
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Ueno Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Ueno Toshogu Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Ueno Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kanei era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearTransport |
Ueno Station
NERFINISHED
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Uguisudani Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Yakushi Nyorai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedIn | Meiji period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | Edo (historic Tokyo) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Tendai Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Mikkyo esoteric Buddhism ⓘ |
| status | active temple ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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: Kaneiji Temple Description of subject: Kaneiji Temple is a historic Tendai Buddhist temple in Tokyo that once served as the family temple of the Tokugawa shoguns and remains a major cultural site in the Ueno area.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kaneiji Temple grounds