Daikoku
E578894
Daikoku is a prominent Japanese deity of wealth, agriculture, and household prosperity, often depicted with a mallet and rice bales and revered as one of the Seven Lucky Gods.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daikokuten | 3 |
| Daikoku canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6240764 — 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: Daikoku Context triple: [Ōkuninushi, otherName, Daikoku]
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A.
Hokuzan
Hokuzan was a medieval kingdom in northern Okinawa that existed before the unification of the Ryukyu Islands under the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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B.
Takamikura
Takamikura is the ornate imperial throne used in Kyoto for the enthronement ceremonies of Japanese emperors.
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C.
Kyodai
Kyodai is the common abbreviated name for Kyoto University, one of Japan’s most prestigious national research universities.
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D.
Seishirō
Seishirō is a Japanese given name commonly used for male individuals.
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E.
Tenryu
Tenryu is the original name of Japan's famed Blue Impulse aerobatic demonstration team.
- 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: Daikoku Target entity description: Daikoku is a prominent Japanese deity of wealth, agriculture, and household prosperity, often depicted with a mallet and rice bales and revered as one of the Seven Lucky Gods.
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A.
Hokuzan
Hokuzan was a medieval kingdom in northern Okinawa that existed before the unification of the Ryukyu Islands under the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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B.
Takamikura
Takamikura is the ornate imperial throne used in Kyoto for the enthronement ceremonies of Japanese emperors.
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C.
Kyodai
Kyodai is the common abbreviated name for Kyoto University, one of Japan’s most prestigious national research universities.
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D.
Seishirō
Seishirō is a Japanese given name commonly used for male individuals.
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E.
Tenryu
Tenryu is the original name of Japan's famed Blue Impulse aerobatic demonstration team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese deity
ⓘ
agricultural deity ⓘ kami ⓘ |
| associatedFestivalOrCustom | New Year good fortune customs in Japan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agriculture
ⓘ
commerce ⓘ fertility ⓘ good fortune ⓘ granary ⓘ household prosperity ⓘ kitchen ⓘ rice ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| considered | one of the most popular Seven Lucky Gods ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
hat
ⓘ
magic mallet ⓘ rice bales ⓘ sack of treasure ⓘ smiling face ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Daikokuten ⓘ |
| hasIconographyFeature |
cheerful expression
ⓘ
plump figure ⓘ seated or standing on rice bales ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
大黒天
ⓘ
linked to:
Daikokuten
|
| hasOriginIn |
Indian deity Mahakala
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahakal
|
| hasRole |
bringer of prosperity
ⓘ
guardian of kitchens ⓘ protector of food stores ⓘ protector of households ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Mahakala ⓘ |
| memberOf | Seven Lucky Gods ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedStandingOn |
bales of rice
ⓘ
rice bales ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedWithAnimal | rat ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Japan ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy |
magic mallet
ⓘ
rice bales ⓘ treasure sack ⓘ |
| syncretizedWith | Buddhist deities ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Japanese Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
farmers
ⓘ
households ⓘ merchants ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Buddhist temples
ⓘ
Shinto shrines ⓘ household altars ⓘ |
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: Daikoku Description of subject: Daikoku is a prominent Japanese deity of wealth, agriculture, and household prosperity, often depicted with a mallet and rice bales and revered as one of the Seven Lucky Gods.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Daikoku
linked to: Daikoku
linked to: Daikoku