Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
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Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T539228 — 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: Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies Context triple: [Imperial Household Agency, responsibleFor, Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies]
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A.
Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals, renowned for its grand yamaboko parade floats and month-long celebrations in Kyoto.
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Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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Showa Day
Showa Day is a Japanese national holiday on April 29 that honors the reign and legacy of Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and encourages reflection on Japan’s history during his era.
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E.
Aoi Matsuri
Aoi Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s oldest and most important traditional festivals, featuring Heian-period costumed processions to the Kamo shrines each May.
- 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: Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies Target entity description: Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
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A.
Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals, renowned for its grand yamaboko parade floats and month-long celebrations in Kyoto.
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B.
Yabun Festival
Yabun Festival is a major annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural celebration in Sydney that showcases Indigenous music, dance, and community on 26 January.
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C.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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D.
Showa Day
Showa Day is a Japanese national holiday on April 29 that honors the reign and legacy of Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and encourages reflection on Japan’s history during his era.
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E.
Aoi Matsuri
Aoi Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s oldest and most important traditional festivals, featuring Heian-period costumed processions to the Kamo shrines each May.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese imperial ceremony
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Shinto ritual ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Great Thanksgiving Festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese imperial succession
ⓘ
Niiname-sai ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese imperial rituals
ⓘ
Shinto festivals ⓘ harvest rituals ⓘ |
| ceremonialSpace |
special temporary shrine complex
ⓘ
two main halls ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of unity between emperor, people, and deities ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Amaterasu
ⓘ
kami ⓘ |
| followsEvent | enthronement of a new emperor ⓘ |
| foodOffered |
newly harvested rice
ⓘ
sake ⓘ seasonal produce ⓘ |
| frequency | once per emperor’s reign ⓘ |
| hasPart |
early morning ceremony
ⓘ
evening ceremony ⓘ |
| hasType | Great Thanksgiving Festival ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Heian period
ⓘ
modern era ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | publicly funded state event in modern Japan ⓘ |
| mainRite |
offering of first fruits of the harvest
ⓘ
prayers for national prosperity ⓘ |
| occasion | accession of a new emperor ⓘ |
| participant | Emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| performedBy | Emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Kyoto
ⓘ
surface form:
Kyoto (historically)
Tokyo ⓘ |
| purpose |
express gratitude for the harvest
ⓘ
pray for the nation’s prosperity ⓘ ritual confirmation of the emperor’s sacred status ⓘ |
| relatedRite |
enthronement ceremony
ⓘ
sokui no rei ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| scale | major state ceremony ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
emperor’s role as high priest of Shinto
ⓘ
renewal of the nation ⓘ |
| transliteration | Daijosai ⓘ |
| usesScript | Kanji ⓘ |
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Subject: Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies Description of subject: Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
大嘗祭
this entity surface form:
Enthronement of the Emperor of Japan
subject surface form:
Imperial Household Agency
this entity surface form:
Imperial Household ceremonies
this entity surface form:
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival)
this entity surface form:
daijōsai (great thanksgiving festival)