Saki Matsuri
E286072
Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ato Matsuri | 1 |
| Saki Matsuri canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2655812 — 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: Saki Matsuri Context triple: [Gion Matsuri, hasComponent, Saki Matsuri]
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A.
Sanja Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest and most famous Shinto festivals, celebrated annually in Asakusa with lively processions of mikoshi (portable shrines), traditional performances, and large crowds.
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B.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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C.
Hatsu-uma Festival
The Hatsu-uma Festival is a Shinto celebration held in early February to honor the deity Inari, marking the first “day of the horse” of the lunar year with prayers for prosperity and good harvests.
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D.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
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E.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
- 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: Saki Matsuri Target entity description: Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
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A.
Sanja Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest and most famous Shinto festivals, celebrated annually in Asakusa with lively processions of mikoshi (portable shrines), traditional performances, and large crowds.
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B.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is a major annual historical parade in Kyoto that celebrates the city’s rich past with participants dressed in costumes from various eras of Japanese history.
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C.
Hatsu-uma Festival
The Hatsu-uma Festival is a Shinto celebration held in early February to honor the deity Inari, marking the first “day of the horse” of the lunar year with prayers for prosperity and good harvests.
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D.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
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E.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
festival procession
ⓘ
parade event ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gion Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
Gion Matsuri
Yamaboko Junko ⓘ |
| attracts |
local spectators
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation | precedes Ato Matsuri ⓘ |
| cityAdministration |
Kyoto City
ⓘ
linked to:
Kyoto
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Shinto-related festival tradition ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major summer festival event in Kyoto ⓘ |
| feature |
Yamaboko floats
ⓘ
decorated festival carts ⓘ elaborate floats ⓘ |
| festival | Gion Matsuri ⓘ |
| follows | Yoiyama festivities ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Saki Matsuri parade ⓘ |
| hasDate |
July 17
ⓘ
mid-July ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapanese | 前祭 ⓘ |
| hasRole | first main parade of Gion Matsuri ⓘ |
| heldAnnually | true ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ |
| numberOfMainParadesInFestival | 2 ⓘ |
| partOf | Gion Matsuri ⓘ |
| processionType | street parade ⓘ |
| routeThrough | central Kyoto streets ⓘ |
| typicalStartTime | morning ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saki Matsuri Description of subject: Saki Matsuri is the first of the two main parade events in Kyoto’s famous Gion Matsuri festival, featuring elaborate floats that process through the city streets in mid-July.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saki Matsuri