Temple 81: Shiromineji
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Temple 81: Shiromineji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s island of Shikoku, known as one of the sacred stops on the historic 88-temple pilgrimage route associated with the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple 81: Shiromineji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3413554 — 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: Temple 81: Shiromineji Context triple: [Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, hasPart, Temple 81: Shiromineji]
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A.
Temple 8: Kumadaniji
Temple 8: Kumadaniji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s Shikoku Island, known as one of the early stops on the historic 88-temple pilgrimage associated with the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi).
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B.
Temple 80: Kokubunji
Temple 80: Kokubunji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s island of Shikoku, known as one of the numbered sacred sites along the famous 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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C.
Temple 7: Jūrakuji
Temple 7: Jūrakuji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the seventh stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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D.
Temple 9: Hōrinji
Temple 9: Hōrinji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the ninth stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai.
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E.
Temple 11: Fujidera
Temple 11: Fujidera is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture that serves as the eleventh stop on Japan’s famous Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
- 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: Temple 81: Shiromineji Target entity description: Temple 81: Shiromineji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s island of Shikoku, known as one of the sacred stops on the historic 88-temple pilgrimage route associated with the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi).
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A.
Temple 8: Kumadaniji
Temple 8: Kumadaniji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s Shikoku Island, known as one of the early stops on the historic 88-temple pilgrimage associated with the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi).
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B.
Temple 80: Kokubunji
Temple 80: Kokubunji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s island of Shikoku, known as one of the numbered sacred sites along the famous 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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C.
Temple 7: Jūrakuji
Temple 7: Jūrakuji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the seventh stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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D.
Temple 9: Hōrinji
Temple 9: Hōrinji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the ninth stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai.
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E.
Temple 11: Fujidera
Temple 11: Fujidera is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture that serves as the eleventh stop on Japan’s famous Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Shingon Buddhist temple ⓘ temple on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kōbō Daishi
ⓘ
linked to:
Kukai
Kūkai ⓘ |
| BuddhistSchool | Shingon Buddhism ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Jizō Bosatsu
ⓘ
linked to:
Ksitigarbha
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Shiromine-dera
ⓘ
linked to:
Shiromine-ji
|
| hasCulturalContext | part of the historic pilgrimage route associated with Kūkai ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Buddhist statues
ⓘ
pilgrimage facilities ⓘ temple buildings ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
pilgrimage destination
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 白峯寺 ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageRegion | Shikoku ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageRole | one of the sacred stops on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition | Japanese Esoteric Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasRomanizedName | Shiromine-ji ⓘ |
| heritageType | historic religious site ⓘ |
| honoraryPrefix |
Shingon-shū
ⓘ
linked to:
Shingon Buddhism
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kagawa Prefecture
ⓘ
Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture ⓘ
linked to:
Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
mountainous area of northern Shikoku ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Shikoku ⓘ |
| mainDeity |
Jizō Bosatsu
ⓘ
linked to:
Ksitigarbha
|
| partOf | Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| pilgrimageNumber | 81 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Shikoku 88-temple pilgrims ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Temple 81: Shiromineji Description of subject: Temple 81: Shiromineji is a Buddhist temple on Japan’s island of Shikoku, known as one of the sacred stops on the historic 88-temple pilgrimage route associated with the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.