Zojo-ji Temple
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Zojo-ji Temple is a historic Jodo Buddhist temple in central Tokyo, known for its grand main gate, cultural heritage, and scenic setting near Tokyo Tower.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zojoji Temple | 9 |
| Zojo-ji | 7 |
| Zojo-ji Temple canonical | 6 |
| Zojo-ji temple complex | 2 |
| Establishment of Zojo-ji Temple | 1 |
| Zōjō-ji | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1603440 — 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: Zojo-ji Temple Context triple: [Tokyo Tower, nearbyAttraction, Zojo-ji Temple]
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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.
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B.
Gangō-ji
Gangō-ji is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, located in Nara and recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
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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.
Tōshōdai-ji
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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E.
To-ji
To-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famed for its five-story pagoda—the tallest wooden tower in the country—and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 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: Zojo-ji Temple Target entity description: Zojo-ji Temple is a historic Jodo Buddhist temple in central Tokyo, known for its grand main gate, cultural heritage, and scenic setting near Tokyo Tower.
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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.
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B.
Gangō-ji
Gangō-ji is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, located in Nara and recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”
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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.
Tōshōdai-ji
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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E.
To-ji
To-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famed for its five-story pagoda—the tallest wooden tower in the country—and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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Jodo-shu temple ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Japanese Buddhist temple architecture ⓘ |
| cityscapeView | Tokyo Tower backdrop ⓘ |
| contains |
graves of Tokugawa family members
ⓘ
mausoleums of Tokugawa shoguns ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| denominationHeadTempleOf | Jodo-shu Chinzei branch in the Kanto region ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Priest Yuyo Shoso
ⓘ
Yuyo Shoso ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1393 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalProperty | Sangedatsumon ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPropertyStatus |
Important Cultural Property of Japan
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linked to:
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
|
| hasDeity |
Amida Nyorai
ⓘ
linked to:
Amitābha Buddha
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| hasEvent | New Year’s visits (Hatsumode) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cherry blossom trees
ⓘ
grand temple gate ⓘ large main hall ⓘ rows of Jizo statues ⓘ stone steps and approach ⓘ traditional temple garden ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Oeshiki festival ⓘ |
| hasFunction | bodhi temple of Tokugawa family ⓘ |
| hasMainGate | Sangedatsumon ⓘ |
| isCulturalHeritageSite | true ⓘ |
| isReligiousCenter | true ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kanto region ⓘ
linked to:
Kantō region
Minato, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to:
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tokyo Tower ⓘ |
| mainGateName | Sangedatsumon ⓘ |
| movedBy | Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Hibiya
ⓘ
Shiba, Edo ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamatsuchō
Shiba, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to:
Aoyama, Tokyo
|
| movedToYear | 1598 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| originallyFoundedIn | Kozuke Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | central Tokyo ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Jodo-shu
ⓘ
linked to:
Jōdo-shū
Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ |
| wasFamilyTempleOf |
Tokugawa clan
ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
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: Zojo-ji Temple Description of subject: Zojo-ji Temple is a historic Jodo Buddhist temple in central Tokyo, known for its grand main gate, cultural heritage, and scenic setting near Tokyo Tower.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Foot Town (Tokyo Tower complex)
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