Hōjōji temple
E445142
Hōjōji temple was a grand Heian-period Buddhist temple in Kyoto, renowned as a symbol of the political power and religious patronage of the Fujiwara clan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hōjōji temple canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4014880 — 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: Hōjōji temple Context triple: [Fujiwara no Michinaga, built, Hōjōji temple]
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A.
Tenryu-ji Temple
Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Zojo-ji Temple
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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C.
Gotokuji Temple
Gotokuji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo famed as the birthplace of the beckoning cat (maneki-neko) legend and its thousands of cat figurines.
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D.
Zenkō-ji Temple
Zenkō-ji Temple is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, known as one of the country’s most important pilgrimage sites.
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E.
To-ji Temple
To-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its five-story pagoda and its deep association with the monk Kobo Daishi and Shingon Buddhism.
- 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: Hōjōji temple Target entity description: Hōjōji temple was a grand Heian-period Buddhist temple in Kyoto, renowned as a symbol of the political power and religious patronage of the Fujiwara clan.
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A.
Tenryu-ji Temple
Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Zojo-ji Temple
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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C.
Gotokuji Temple
Gotokuji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo famed as the birthplace of the beckoning cat (maneki-neko) legend and its thousands of cat figurines.
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D.
Zenkō-ji Temple
Zenkō-ji Temple is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, known as one of the country’s most important pilgrimage sites.
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E.
To-ji Temple
To-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its five-story pagoda and its deep association with the monk Kobo Daishi and Shingon Buddhism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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Heian-period temple ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Heian-period Buddhist temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fujiwara clan
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Fujiwara political dominance in the Heian period ⓘ court Buddhism ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | representation of aristocratic temple culture in the Heian period ⓘ |
| era | classical Japan ⓘ |
| function | religious institution under aristocratic patronage ⓘ |
| heritage | part of Japan’s classical-era temple culture ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of Fujiwara clan religious activities
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monument to Fujiwara political authority ⓘ |
| knownFor |
symbol of Fujiwara political power
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symbol of Fujiwara religious patronage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Heian-kyō
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linked to:
Kyoto
Japan ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close ties to the ruling aristocracy
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large scale for its time ⓘ |
| patron | Fujiwara clan ⓘ |
| period | Heian period ⓘ |
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | place of Buddhist worship ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| status | grand temple complex ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hōjōji temple Description of subject: Hōjōji temple was a grand Heian-period Buddhist temple in Kyoto, renowned as a symbol of the political power and religious patronage of the Fujiwara clan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.