Tenrikyo
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Tenrikyo is a Japanese new religious movement founded in the 19th century that centers on the teachings of a deity called Tenri-O-no-Mikoto and emphasizes joyous living and gratitude.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tenrikyo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7646966 — 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: Tenrikyo Context triple: [Shinshukyo, hasPart, Tenrikyo]
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A.
Jōdo-shū
Jōdo-shū is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emphasizes salvation through faith in Amida Buddha and the recitation of the nembutsu.
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B.
Konkokyo
Konkokyo is a Japanese new religious movement rooted in Shinto traditions that emphasizes faith in a benevolent deity, ethical living, and mutual help in everyday life.
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C.
Jōdo Shinshū
Jōdo Shinshū is a major school of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism that emphasizes salvation through faith in Amida Buddha and the recitation of his name.
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D.
Kita-Hosso sect
The Kita-Hosso sect is a branch of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism known for preserving traditional Yogācāra teachings and overseeing temples such as Kiyomizu-dera.
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E.
Nippon Sei Ko Kai
Nippon Sei Ko Kai is the Anglican Church in Japan, a Christian denomination that is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
- 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: Tenrikyo Target entity description: Tenrikyo is a Japanese new religious movement founded in the 19th century that centers on the teachings of a deity called Tenri-O-no-Mikoto and emphasizes joyous living and gratitude.
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A.
Jōdo-shū
Jōdo-shū is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emphasizes salvation through faith in Amida Buddha and the recitation of the nembutsu.
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B.
Konkokyo
Konkokyo is a Japanese new religious movement rooted in Shinto traditions that emphasizes faith in a benevolent deity, ethical living, and mutual help in everyday life.
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C.
Jōdo Shinshū
Jōdo Shinshū is a major school of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism that emphasizes salvation through faith in Amida Buddha and the recitation of his name.
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D.
Kita-Hosso sect
The Kita-Hosso sect is a branch of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism known for preserving traditional Yogācāra teachings and overseeing temples such as Kiyomizu-dera.
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E.
Nippon Sei Ko Kai
Nippon Sei Ko Kai is the Anglican Church in Japan, a Christian denomination that is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese religion
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monotheistic religion ⓘ new religious movement ⓘ |
| centralDeity | Tenri-O-no-Mikoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification |
Japanese new religion
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Shinto-derived religion ⓘ |
| coreTeaching |
charity
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family harmony ⓘ gratitude ⓘ helping others ⓘ joyous life ⓘ positive mind ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| emphasis |
gratitude to God
ⓘ
joyous living ⓘ salvation through spiritual growth ⓘ |
| ethicalFocus |
altruism
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moderation ⓘ sincerity ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Nakayama Miki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Nakayama Miki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingOffice | Tenrikyo Church Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClergyTitle |
kyoto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
shimbashira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution |
Tenri Central Library
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tenri Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Tenri Seminary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tenri University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeadquarters |
Nara Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tenri City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 天理教 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainSanctuary |
Jiba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimage | pilgrimage to Jiba ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
Hinokishin
NERFINISHED
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Kagura Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Sazuke NERFINISHED ⓘ Service (Tsutome) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSacredText |
Mikagura-uta
NERFINISHED
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Ofudesaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Osashizu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| originatedInCity | Tenri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedInPrefecture | Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedInRegion | Yamato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptureLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| teachesConcept |
a thing lent, a thing borrowed
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dusts of the mind ⓘ original mind ⓘ providence of God ⓘ |
| translationOfName | Teaching of Heavenly Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnGod | single parental deity ⓘ |
| worships | Tenri-O-no-Mikoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Tenrikyo Description of subject: Tenrikyo is a Japanese new religious movement founded in the 19th century that centers on the teachings of a deity called Tenri-O-no-Mikoto and emphasizes joyous living and gratitude.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.