Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex

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Buddhist temple complex Tendai monastery UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex is a historic Tendai Buddhist monastery on Mount Hiei, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major center of Japanese religious and cultural history.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Hiei temple complex	3
Enryaku-ji temple complex	2
Enryaku-ji UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Enryaku-ji World Heritage site	1
Enryaku-ji area on Mount Hiei	1
Enryaku-ji as major monastic complex	1
Enryaku-ji monastic complex on Mount Hiei	1
Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex canonical	1
Mount Hiei sacred area	1
Tendai school on Mount Hiei	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1595926 — 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: Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex
Context triple: [Shiga, containsLandmark, Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex]

A. 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.
B. Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera is a famous historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its large wooden stage that offers panoramic views of the city and surrounding hills.
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.
D. 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.
E. Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex
Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex is a historic Shingon Buddhist center in Japan, renowned for its mountaintop temples, monastic community, and sacred Okunoin cemetery.
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: Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex
Target entity description: Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex is a historic Tendai Buddhist monastery on Mount Hiei, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major center of Japanese religious and cultural history.

A. 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.
B. Kiyomizu-dera
Kiyomizu-dera is a famous historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its large wooden stage that offers panoramic views of the city and surrounding hills.
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.
D. 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.
E. Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex
Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex is a historic Shingon Buddhist center in Japan, renowned for its mountaintop temples, monastic community, and sacred Okunoin cemetery.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist temple complex ⓘ Tendai monastery ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
associatedWith	Japanese Pure Land Buddhism origins ⓘ Japanese Zen Buddhism origins ⓘ Nichiren Buddhism origins ⓘ Tendai esoteric practices ⓘ sōhei (warrior monks) ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important site in Japanese cultural history ⓘ important site in Japanese religious history ⓘ symbol of Japanese Tendai tradition ⓘ
destroyedBy	Oda Nobunaga ⓘ
destructionYear	1571 ⓘ
foundedBy	Saichō ⓘ
foundingEra	Nara period ⓘ
foundingYear	788 ⓘ
hasMuseumOrTreasureHouse	yes ⓘ
hasPilgrimageRoute	Mount Hiei pilgrimage trails ⓘ
hasSubcomplex	Sai-tō area ⓘ linked to: Tō-dō area Tō-dō area ⓘ Yokawa area ⓘ
historicalRole	major center of Buddhist learning in medieval Japan ⓘ politically influential monastic complex ⓘ
locatedIn	Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ⓘ linked to: Ōtsu
locatedNear	Kyoto ⓘ
locatedOn	Mount Hiei ⓘ
mainSectHeadquartersOf	Tendai school of Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Tendai Buddhism
notableHall	Amida-dō ⓘ Hokkedō ⓘ Jōgyō-dō ⓘ Konpon Chūdō ⓘ Monju-rō ⓘ Ninai-dō ⓘ Shaka-dō ⓘ
notablePractice	kaihōgyō (marathon ascetic practice) ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
rebuiltInPeriod	Azuchi–Momoyama period ⓘ Edo period ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Tendai Buddhism ⓘ
trainedNotableMonk	Dōgen ⓘ Eisai ⓘ Hōnen ⓘ Nichiren ⓘ Shinran ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	1994 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName	Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) ⓘ linked to: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto

How these facts were elicited