Reitaisai (Grand Festival)
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Reitaisai (Grand Festival) is the major annual Shinto festival of Izumo Taisha, renowned for its grand rituals and celebrations honoring the shrine’s deities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reitaisai (Grand Festival) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10628559 — 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: Reitaisai (Grand Festival) Context triple: [Izumo Taisha Shrine, hasFestival, Reitaisai (Grand Festival)]
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Reitaisai (grand festival)
Reitaisai (grand festival) is the principal annual Shinto celebration of Usa Jingū, featuring elaborate rituals, processions, and offerings to honor the shrine’s deities.
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Reitaisai
Reitaisai is a major annual Shinto festival held at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine in Kamakura, Japan, featuring traditional rituals and events such as horseback archery.
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Three Shrine Festival
The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
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Tenrikyo Grand Festival
The Tenrikyo Grand Festival is the principal annual religious celebration of the Tenrikyo faith, held at its headquarters in Tenri, Japan, featuring large-scale rituals, worship services, and pilgrimages by followers from around the world.
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Moatsu festival
Moatsu festival is a traditional springtime celebration of the Ao Naga people of Nagaland, marked by rituals, feasting, dancing, and community bonding to welcome a new agricultural season.
- 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: Reitaisai (Grand Festival) Target entity description: Reitaisai (Grand Festival) is the major annual Shinto festival of Izumo Taisha, renowned for its grand rituals and celebrations honoring the shrine’s deities.
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A.
Reitaisai (grand festival)
Reitaisai (grand festival) is the principal annual Shinto celebration of Usa Jingū, featuring elaborate rituals, processions, and offerings to honor the shrine’s deities.
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B.
Reitaisai
Reitaisai is a major annual Shinto festival held at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine in Kamakura, Japan, featuring traditional rituals and events such as horseback archery.
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C.
Three Shrine Festival
The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
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D.
Tenrikyo Grand Festival
The Tenrikyo Grand Festival is the principal annual religious celebration of the Tenrikyo faith, held at its headquarters in Tenri, Japan, featuring large-scale rituals, worship services, and pilgrimages by followers from around the world.
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E.
Moatsu festival
Moatsu festival is a traditional springtime celebration of the Ao Naga people of Nagaland, marked by rituals, feasting, dancing, and community bonding to welcome a new agricultural season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Shinto festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Reitaisai of Izumo Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Izumo Taisha worship traditions
ⓘ
Shinto liturgical calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attracts |
Shinto worshippers
ⓘ
pilgrims ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| category |
Religious festivals in Shimane Prefecture
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Shinto festivals in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important regional religious event in Shimane Prefecture
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major annual festival of Izumo Taisha ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
offerings
ⓘ
prayers ⓘ processions ⓘ traditional performances ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
formal shrine rituals
ⓘ
public celebrations ⓘ traditional music and dance ⓘ |
| hasRitualType |
Shinto ceremony
ⓘ
grand ritual ⓘ |
| honorsDeity |
kami enshrined at Izumo Taisha
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Ōkuninushi-no-Ōkami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| location | Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainShrine | Izumo Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Izumo Taisha priesthood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to express gratitude and prayers to the kami
ⓘ
to honor the deities of Izumo Taisha ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Japanese religious culture
ⓘ
Shinto kami worship ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reitaisai (Grand Festival) Description of subject: Reitaisai (Grand Festival) is the major annual Shinto festival of Izumo Taisha, renowned for its grand rituals and celebrations honoring the shrine’s deities.
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