Ginkaku-ji sand garden

E299059

Japanese garden Zen garden dry landscape garden karesansui garden

The Ginkaku-ji sand garden is a famous Japanese Zen dry landscape garden in Kyoto, renowned for its meticulously raked white sand and iconic conical sand mound symbolizing Mount Fuji or a sacred mountain.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ginkaku-ji gardens	1
Ginkaku-ji sand garden canonical	1
銀閣寺の砂庭	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2655691 — 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: Ginkaku-ji sand garden
Context triple: [Zen gardens, notableExample, Ginkaku-ji sand garden]

A. Shukkeien Garden
Shukkeien Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Hiroshima, known for its miniature representations of natural scenery, tranquil ponds, and traditional teahouses.
B. Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Yokohama known for its historic buildings, seasonal flowers, and scenic ponds and pathways.
C. Ryoan-ji
Ryoan-ji is a renowned Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famous for its minimalist rock garden that exemplifies Japanese dry landscape design.
D. Chinzan-so Garden
Chinzan-so Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Tokyo known for its traditional teahouses, seasonal foliage, and tranquil ponds amid the urban setting.
E. Daitoku-ji temple gardens
The Daitoku-ji temple gardens are a renowned complex of Zen Buddhist dry landscape gardens in Kyoto, celebrated for their minimalist design, raked gravel, and contemplative atmosphere.
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: Ginkaku-ji sand garden
Target entity description: The Ginkaku-ji sand garden is a famous Japanese Zen dry landscape garden in Kyoto, renowned for its meticulously raked white sand and iconic conical sand mound symbolizing Mount Fuji or a sacred mountain.

A. Shukkeien Garden
Shukkeien Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Hiroshima, known for its miniature representations of natural scenery, tranquil ponds, and traditional teahouses.
B. Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Yokohama known for its historic buildings, seasonal flowers, and scenic ponds and pathways.
C. Ryoan-ji
Ryoan-ji is a renowned Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famous for its minimalist rock garden that exemplifies Japanese dry landscape design.
D. Chinzan-so Garden
Chinzan-so Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Tokyo known for its traditional teahouses, seasonal foliage, and tranquil ponds amid the urban setting.
E. Daitoku-ji temple gardens
The Daitoku-ji temple gardens are a renowned complex of Zen Buddhist dry landscape gardens in Kyoto, celebrated for their minimalist design, raked gravel, and contemplative atmosphere.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese garden ⓘ Zen garden ⓘ dry landscape garden ⓘ karesansui garden ⓘ
associatedPeriod	late 15th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Ashikaga Yoshimasa ⓘ Ginkaku-ji Silver Pavilion ⓘ linked to: Ginkaku-ji
category	Gardens in Kyoto ⓘ Japanese dry landscape gardens ⓘ Zen gardens in Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalContext	Japanese aesthetics ⓘ wabi-sabi aesthetics ⓘ
designedFor	contemplation ⓘ meditation ⓘ
famousFor	iconic conical sand mound ⓘ meticulous raking of white sand ⓘ minimalist aesthetic ⓘ
hasColor	white ⓘ
hasFeature	conical sand mound ⓘ flat sand plane ⓘ geometric raking patterns ⓘ meticulously raked sand patterns ⓘ
hasFunction	aesthetic focal point of temple grounds ⓘ aid to Zen practice ⓘ
hasJapaneseName	銀沙灘と向月台 ⓘ 銀閣寺の砂庭 ⓘ linked to: Ginkaku-ji sand garden
hasMaterial	white sand ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Ginkaku-ji) ⓘ
locatedIn	Ginkaku-ji ⓘ Japan ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
maintenance	regular manual raking ⓘ
partOf	Ginkaku-ji temple complex ⓘ linked to: Ginkaku-ji UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ linked to: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
religiousTradition	Rinzai Zen ⓘ linked to: Rinzai Zen Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Zen
style	Muromachi period garden style ⓘ
symbolizes	Mount Fuji ⓘ sacred mountain ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
usesPrinciple	abstraction of natural landscapes ⓘ symbolic representation of mountains and water ⓘ
viewedFrom	Ginkaku-ji main hall veranda ⓘ
visualContrastWith	surrounding greenery ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zen gardens → notableExample → Ginkaku-ji sand garden ⓘ

karesansui → notableExample → Ginkaku-ji gardens ⓘ

linked to: Ginkaku-ji sand garden

Ginkaku-ji sand garden → hasJapaneseName → 銀閣寺の砂庭 ⓘ