Shokoku-ji Temple
E632762
Shokoku-ji Temple is a major Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned as one of the city's historically significant "Five Great Zen Temples."
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shokoku-ji | 2 |
| Shokoku-ji Temple canonical | 2 |
| Shokoku-ji temple | 1 |
| Shokoku-ji temple network | 1 |
| Shōkoku-ji | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6760056 — 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: Shokoku-ji Temple Context triple: [Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, contains, Shokoku-ji Temple]
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A.
Tenryu-ji Temple
Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
To-ji Temple
To-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its five-story pagoda and its deep association with the monk Kobo Daishi and Shingon Buddhism.
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C.
Shitennoji Temple
Shitennoji Temple is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, founded in Osaka in the 6th century and known for its historic architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Tōshōdai-ji
Tōshōdai-ji is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its well-preserved classical architecture and association with the Chinese monk Jianzhen (Ganjin).
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E.
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.
- 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: Shokoku-ji Temple Target entity description: Shokoku-ji Temple is a major Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned as one of the city's historically significant "Five Great Zen Temples."
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A.
Tenryu-ji Temple
Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
To-ji Temple
To-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its five-story pagoda and its deep association with the monk Kobo Daishi and Shingon Buddhism.
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C.
Shitennoji Temple
Shitennoji Temple is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, founded in Osaka in the 6th century and known for its historic architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Tōshōdai-ji
Tōshōdai-ji is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its well-preserved classical architecture and association with the Chinese monk Jianzhen (Ganjin).
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Rinzai Zen temple ⓘ head temple ⓘ |
| affiliatedTemple |
Ginkaku-ji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kinkaku-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Japanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Shokoku-ji school of Rinzai Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BuddhistSchool | Rinzai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedIn | 14th century ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalPropertyStatus | Important Cultural Property of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1382 ⓘ |
| governs | network of Rinzai Zen temples ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
place of Buddhist worship ⓘ place of Zen practice ⓘ |
| hasGardenStyle | Japanese Zen garden ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Jotenkaku Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Hatto (lecture hall)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hojo (abbot’s quarters) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuri (monks’ quarters) ⓘ Sanmon gate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubtemple |
Ginkaku-ji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jotenkaku Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinkaku-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
Five Great Zen Temples of Kyoto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyoto Gozan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Zen Buddhist art collection
ⓘ
historical significance as a Gozan temple ⓘ role in Muromachi-period Zen culture ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ |
| mainHallName | Hatto ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| patron | Ashikaga shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn | Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent | fires in the Muromachi period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shokoku-ji Temple Description of subject: Shokoku-ji Temple is a major Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned as one of the city's historically significant "Five Great Zen Temples."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shokoku-ji
this entity surface form:
Shokoku-ji temple network
this entity surface form:
Shokoku-ji
this entity surface form:
Shōkoku-ji
this entity surface form:
Shokoku-ji temple