Tōshōdai-ji
E111928
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).
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tōshōdai-ji canonical | 19 |
| Tōshōdai-ji temple complex | 5 |
| Buddhist temple Tōshōdai-ji | 1 |
| Lecture Hall of Tōshōdai-ji | 1 |
| Tōshōdai-ji Buddhist temple | 1 |
| 唐招提寺 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T855779 — 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: Tōshōdai-ji Context triple: [Nara, hasFamousSite, Tōshōdai-ji]
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A.
Tōdai-ji
Tōdai-ji is a monumental Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha (Daibutsu) and serving as a historic center of Japanese Buddhism.
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B.
Yakushi-ji
Yakushi-ji is a major Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned as one of the country’s oldest and most important historic and architectural sites.
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C.
Nanzen-ji
Nanzen-ji is a major Zen Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture, serene gardens, and status as one of the most important Zen temples in the country.
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D.
Senso-ji Temple
Senso-ji Temple is Tokyo’s oldest and most famous Buddhist temple, renowned for its iconic Kaminarimon gate and bustling Nakamise shopping street.
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E.
Kōfuku-ji
Kōfuku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its ancient pagodas and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
- 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: Tōshōdai-ji Target entity description: 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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A.
Tōdai-ji
Tōdai-ji is a monumental Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha (Daibutsu) and serving as a historic center of Japanese Buddhism.
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B.
Yakushi-ji
Yakushi-ji is a major Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned as one of the country’s oldest and most important historic and architectural sites.
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C.
Nanzen-ji
Nanzen-ji is a major Zen Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture, serene gardens, and status as one of the most important Zen temples in the country.
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D.
Senso-ji Temple
Senso-ji Temple is Tokyo’s oldest and most famous Buddhist temple, renowned for its iconic Kaminarimon gate and bustling Nakamise shopping street.
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E.
Kōfuku-ji
Kōfuku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its ancient pagodas and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | classical Nara-period architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nara period
ⓘ
Tang dynasty Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
East Asian Buddhism
|
| BuddhistSchool | Risshū ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 759 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| era | Nara period ⓘ |
| followsTradition | Chinese Tang-dynasty Buddhist temple layout ⓘ |
| foundedAs | head temple of the Risshū school ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ganjin
ⓘ
linked to:
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Jianzhen ⓘ
linked to:
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
|
| hasBuilding |
Bell Tower
ⓘ
Drum Tower ⓘ Ganjin Wajō-den ⓘ Kondō ⓘ Kōdō ⓘ Lecture Hall ⓘ Miei-dō ⓘ Treasure House ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPropertyStatus |
Important Cultural Property of Japan (structures and artworks)
ⓘ
linked to:
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
National Treasure of Japan (buildings) ⓘ
linked to:
National Treasures of Japan
|
| hasFeature |
Buddhist lecture hall
ⓘ
cloistered courtyard ⓘ temple gardens ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
monastic training center
ⓘ
place of Buddhist worship ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
唐招提寺
ⓘ
linked to:
Tōshōdai-ji
|
| hasMainHall | Kondō ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageStatus | Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| hasStatue |
Rushana Buddha (Vairocana) statue
ⓘ
linked to:
bronze statue of Vairocana Buddha
Senju Kannon statue ⓘ Yakushi Nyorai statue ⓘ
linked to:
Yakushi Nyorai
seated statue of Jianzhen ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inception | 8th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with the Chinese monk Jianzhen
ⓘ
well-preserved 8th-century architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kansai region ⓘ Nara ⓘ Nara Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedInCity |
Nara City
ⓘ
linked to:
Nara
|
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 1998 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Tōshōdai-ji Description of subject: 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).
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
subject linked to:
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
subject linked to:
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
subject linked to:
Drum Tower
subject linked to:
Drum Tower
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
subject linked to:
Drum Tower
subject linked to:
Kondō
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
subject linked to:
Kondō
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
linked to: Tōshōdai-ji
subject linked to:
Nara-Barya