Nihon Sandai Jingu (Three Great Shrines of Japan, traditional list)
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Nihon Sandai Jingu (Three Great Shrines of Japan, traditional list) is a classical grouping of three particularly revered Shinto shrines that have held major religious and cultural significance in Japan’s history.
All labels observed (1)
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| Nihon Sandai Jingu (Three Great Shrines of Japan, traditional list) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12459113 — 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: Nihon Sandai Jingu (Three Great Shrines of Japan, traditional list) Context triple: [Isonokami Shrine, isOneOf, Nihon Sandai Jingu (Three Great Shrines of Japan, traditional list)]
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A.
Dewa Sanzan shrines
The Dewa Sanzan shrines are a trio of sacred Shinto mountain shrines in northern Japan renowned as a major center of Shugendō mountain worship and spiritual pilgrimage.
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B.
Ichinomiya shrines of Japan
The Ichinomiya shrines of Japan are the principal Shinto shrines historically designated as the most important in each old province, often serving as key religious and cultural centers for their regions.
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C.
Tenmangū shrine network
The Tenmangū shrine network is a group of Shinto shrines across Japan dedicated to the deified scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, revered as the god of learning and scholarship.
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D.
Shinto shrines
Shinto shrines are sacred Japanese sites of worship in the Shinto religion, dedicated to kami (spirits or deities) and used for rituals, festivals, and community ceremonies.
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E.
Kumano Sanzan
Kumano Sanzan is a sacred trio of ancient Shinto-Buddhist shrines in Japan’s Kii Mountains, renowned as a major pilgrimage center and part of the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo routes.
- 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: Nihon Sandai Jingu (Three Great Shrines of Japan, traditional list) Target entity description: Nihon Sandai Jingu (Three Great Shrines of Japan, traditional list) is a classical grouping of three particularly revered Shinto shrines that have held major religious and cultural significance in Japan’s history.
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A.
Dewa Sanzan shrines
The Dewa Sanzan shrines are a trio of sacred Shinto mountain shrines in northern Japan renowned as a major center of Shugendō mountain worship and spiritual pilgrimage.
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B.
Ichinomiya shrines of Japan
The Ichinomiya shrines of Japan are the principal Shinto shrines historically designated as the most important in each old province, often serving as key religious and cultural centers for their regions.
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C.
Tenmangū shrine network
The Tenmangū shrine network is a group of Shinto shrines across Japan dedicated to the deified scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, revered as the god of learning and scholarship.
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D.
Shinto shrines
Shinto shrines are sacred Japanese sites of worship in the Shinto religion, dedicated to kami (spirits or deities) and used for rituals, festivals, and community ceremonies.
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E.
Kumano Sanzan
Kumano Sanzan is a sacred trio of ancient Shinto-Buddhist shrines in Japan’s Kii Mountains, renowned as a major pilgrimage center and part of the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.