Shinran
E294699
Buddhist doctrinal treatise
Buddhist priest
Buddhist reformer
Japanese Buddhist laywoman
Japanese Buddhist monk
Pure Land Buddhist
Pure Land school
religious founder
school of Buddhism
Shinran was a Japanese Buddhist monk and religious reformer who founded the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) school, emphasizing salvation through faith in Amida Buddha.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shinran canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2722360 — 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: Shinran Context triple: [Pure Land Buddhism, keyFigure, Shinran]
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A.
Hōnen
Hōnen was a Japanese Buddhist priest who founded the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) school and popularized exclusive nembutsu practice as the primary path to salvation.
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B.
Kukai
Kūkai was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, poet, and calligrapher who founded the Shingon (Esoteric) school of Buddhism in Japan during the early Heian period.
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C.
Gyōki
Gyōki was an influential Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his public works, social welfare activities, and role in promoting Buddhism among the common people.
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D.
Honen-in
Honen-in is a tranquil, moss-covered Buddhist temple in Kyoto known for its serene gardens and understated, contemplative atmosphere.
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E.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
- 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: Shinran Target entity description: Shinran was a Japanese Buddhist monk and religious reformer who founded the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) school, emphasizing salvation through faith in Amida Buddha.
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A.
Hōnen
Hōnen was a Japanese Buddhist priest who founded the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) school and popularized exclusive nembutsu practice as the primary path to salvation.
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B.
Kukai
Kūkai was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, poet, and calligrapher who founded the Shingon (Esoteric) school of Buddhism in Japan during the early Heian period.
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C.
Gyōki
Gyōki was an influential Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his public works, social welfare activities, and role in promoting Buddhism among the common people.
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D.
Honen-in
Honen-in is a tranquil, moss-covered Buddhist temple in Kyoto known for its serene gardens and understated, contemplative atmosphere.
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E.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist doctrinal treatise
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Buddhist priest ⓘ Buddhist reformer ⓘ Japanese Buddhist laywoman ⓘ Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ Pure Land Buddhist ⓘ Pure Land school ⓘ religious founder ⓘ school of Buddhism ⓘ |
| author | Shinran ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1173 ⓘ |
| birthName | Matsuwakamaro ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hino, Kyoto
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ |
| centralDeity |
Amida Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Amitābha Buddha
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1263 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Japan
ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ |
| doctrine | shinjin (true entrusting) ⓘ |
| emphasized | salvation through faith in Amida Buddha ⓘ |
| exiledTo | Echigo Province ⓘ |
| founded | Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ |
| hadChild | Kakunyo ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Shōnin ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Buddhism
ⓘ
modern Jōdo Shinshū organizations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| left | Tendai establishment ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Shinran ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| ordination | Tendai monk ⓘ |
| rejected | self-powered practices ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousName | Shinran ⓘ |
| residedAt | Mount Hiei ⓘ |
| role | systematizer of Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ |
| spouse | Eshinni ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Hōnen ⓘ |
| taught |
nembutsu as expression of gratitude
ⓘ
reliance on Amida’s vow ⓘ |
| teacher | Hōnen ⓘ |
| tradition | Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ |
| wasMonkOf |
Tendai school
ⓘ
linked to:
Tendai Buddhism
|
| wrote |
Kyōgyōshinshō
ⓘ
linked to:
Senchakushū
Tannishō (attributed) ⓘ |
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: Shinran Description of subject: Shinran was a Japanese Buddhist monk and religious reformer who founded the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) school, emphasizing salvation through faith in Amida Buddha.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.