Ekō-in Temple
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Ekō-in Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo’s Ryōgoku district, known for its memorials to the dead and its long association with sumo wrestling tournaments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ekō-in Temple canonical | 2 |
| Ekoin Temple | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8089689 — 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: Ekō-in Temple Context triple: [Ryōgoku, hasLandmark, Ekō-in Temple]
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A.
Ambaji Temple
Ambaji Temple is a prominent Hindu pilgrimage shrine dedicated to the goddess Amba, revered as a major Shakti Peetha in western India.
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B.
Osu Kannon Temple
Osu Kannon Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and popular cultural and shopping-area centerpiece located in the Ōsu district of Nagoya, Japan.
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C.
Sainen-ji Temple
Sainen-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple located in Tokyo’s Yotsuya district, known for its cultural and religious significance in the area.
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D.
Anaoji Temple
Anaoji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Kameoka, Japan, known for its tranquil atmosphere and traditional architecture amid scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Kinpusen-ji Temple
Kinpusen-ji Temple is a major Shugendō Buddhist temple complex in Nara Prefecture, Japan, renowned as a sacred mountain worship site and part of the UNESCO-listed Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.
- 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: Ekō-in Temple Target entity description: Ekō-in Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo’s Ryōgoku district, known for its memorials to the dead and its long association with sumo wrestling tournaments.
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A.
Ambaji Temple
Ambaji Temple is a prominent Hindu pilgrimage shrine dedicated to the goddess Amba, revered as a major Shakti Peetha in western India.
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B.
Osu Kannon Temple
Osu Kannon Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and popular cultural and shopping-area centerpiece located in the Ōsu district of Nagoya, Japan.
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C.
Sainen-ji Temple
Sainen-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple located in Tokyo’s Yotsuya district, known for its cultural and religious significance in the area.
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D.
Anaoji Temple
Anaoji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Kameoka, Japan, known for its tranquil atmosphere and traditional architecture amid scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Kinpusen-ji Temple
Kinpusen-ji Temple is a major Shugendō Buddhist temple complex in Nara Prefecture, Japan, renowned as a sacred mountain worship site and part of the UNESCO-listed Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Buddhist temple ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edo-period sumo tournaments
ⓘ
Ryōgoku Kokugikan area ⓘ
linked to:
Ryōgoku
professional sumo ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
unclaimed dead
ⓘ
victims of disasters ⓘ |
| eraOfOrigin | Edo period ⓘ |
| governingReligion | Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Ekoin Temple
ⓘ
linked to:
Ekō-in Temple
|
| hasCulturalSignificance |
memorial culture in Edo and Tokyo
ⓘ
sumo history ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial and memorial services
ⓘ
memorial temple ⓘ place of worship ⓘ |
| hasGravesOrCenotaphsFor |
commoners without family graves
ⓘ
victims of earthquakes ⓘ victims of fires ⓘ victims of floods ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapanese | 回向院 ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
large memorial monuments
ⓘ
sumo-related stone markers ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
commemoration of the dead in Tokyo
ⓘ
development of sumo as public entertainment ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttractionType |
historic temple
ⓘ
religious site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with sumo wrestling
ⓘ
hosting sumo tournaments ⓘ memorials to the dead ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ryōgoku
ⓘ
Sumida, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to:
Sumida
Tokyo ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Ryōgoku Kokugikan ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Buddhist temples in Tokyo
ⓘ
tourist attractions in Sumida, Tokyo ⓘ |
| prefecture |
Tokyo Metropolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
|
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist ceremonies
ⓘ
memorial services ⓘ sumo-related events ⓘ |
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: Ekō-in Temple Description of subject: Ekō-in Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo’s Ryōgoku district, known for its memorials to the dead and its long association with sumo wrestling tournaments.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ekō-in Temple