天神
E178545
天神 is a Japanese Shinto deity most commonly associated with scholarship and learning, often identified with the deified scholar Sugawara no Michizane.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 天神 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1577072 — 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: 天神 Context triple: [Tenjin, hasJapaneseName, 天神]
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A.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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B.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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C.
Ōkuninushi
Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
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D.
Yami (Tao)
Yami (Tao) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its distinct phonology and close relation to the Batanic languages of the Philippines.
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E.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
- 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: 天神 Target entity description: 天神 is a Japanese Shinto deity most commonly associated with scholarship and learning, often identified with the deified scholar Sugawara no Michizane.
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A.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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B.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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C.
Ōkuninushi
Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
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D.
Yami (Tao)
Yami (Tao) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its distinct phonology and close relation to the Batanic languages of the Philippines.
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E.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
学問の神
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日本の神格 ⓘ 神道の神 ⓘ |
| 主な信仰対象 |
受験合格
ⓘ
学問 ⓘ 書道 ⓘ 詩歌 ⓘ |
| 主な祭礼 |
天神祭
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梅花祭 ⓘ 筆まつり ⓘ |
| 代表的な神社 |
北野天満宮
ⓘ
linked to:
Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
大阪天満宮 ⓘ 太宰府天満宮 ⓘ
linked to:
Dazaifu Tenmangū
防府天満宮 ⓘ |
| 信仰の特徴 | 祟り神から守護神への転化 ⓘ |
| 信仰圏 |
在外日本人コミュニティ
ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese diaspora
日本全国 ⓘ |
| 信仰形態 | 天満宮信仰 ⓘ |
| 別名 |
天満大自在天神
ⓘ
天満天神 ⓘ |
| 同一視 |
菅原道真
ⓘ
linked to:
Sugawara no Michizane
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| 宗教伝統 | 神道 ⓘ |
| 性別 | 男性神 ⓘ |
| 文化的役割 |
受験生の守護神
ⓘ
学者・研究者の守護神 ⓘ |
| 神格化の理由 | 冤罪による左遷と死後の祟り鎮め ⓘ |
| 祭祀の中心地 |
京都
ⓘ
linked to:
Kyoto
大阪市北区 ⓘ 福岡県太宰府市 ⓘ |
| 祭神として祀られる人物 |
菅原道真
ⓘ
linked to:
Sugawara no Michizane
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| 象徴する徳目 |
学識
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忠義 ⓘ 誠実さ ⓘ |
| 象徴物 |
巻物
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梅 ⓘ 牛 ⓘ 筆 ⓘ |
| 起源 | 菅原道真の神格化 ⓘ |
| 関連する分野 |
政治
ⓘ
教育 ⓘ 文学 ⓘ 漢詩 ⓘ |
| 関連する地名 | 天神（福岡市の地名） ⓘ |
| 関連する季節 | 春（梅の開花） ⓘ |
| 関連する宗教概念 | 御霊信仰 ⓘ |
| 関連する曜日・日付 | 25日（縁日） ⓘ |
| 関連する歴史人物 |
菅原道真
ⓘ
linked to:
Sugawara no Michizane
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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: 天神 Description of subject: 天神 is a Japanese Shinto deity most commonly associated with scholarship and learning, often identified with the deified scholar Sugawara no Michizane.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.