Hachiman Ōkami
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Hachiman Ōkami is a major Shinto deity revered as the divine protector of Japan and its warriors, particularly associated with archery and the samurai class.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hachiman Ōkami canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10130555 — 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: Hachiman Ōkami Context triple: [Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, governingDeity, Hachiman Ōkami]
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A.
Inari Ōkami
Inari Ōkami is a major Shinto kami associated primarily with rice, agriculture, prosperity, and fox spirits, widely revered at thousands of shrines across Japan.
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B.
Gosamaru
Gosamaru was a prominent 15th-century Ryukyuan lord and military commander known for constructing key gusuku (castle) fortresses and playing a central role in the political unification of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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C.
Tenjin-sama
Tenjin-sama is the deified spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, revered in Japan as a powerful kami of scholarship, learning, and poetry.
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D.
Okimi
Okimi was a former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, that later became part of the city of Etajima through a municipal merger.
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E.
Inari Daimyōjin
Inari Daimyōjin is a major Japanese kami associated primarily with rice, fertility, prosperity, and foxes, widely venerated at countless Shinto shrines across Japan.
- 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: Hachiman Ōkami Target entity description: Hachiman Ōkami is a major Shinto deity revered as the divine protector of Japan and its warriors, particularly associated with archery and the samurai class.
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A.
Inari Ōkami
Inari Ōkami is a major Shinto kami associated primarily with rice, agriculture, prosperity, and fox spirits, widely revered at thousands of shrines across Japan.
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B.
Gosamaru
Gosamaru was a prominent 15th-century Ryukyuan lord and military commander known for constructing key gusuku (castle) fortresses and playing a central role in the political unification of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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C.
Tenjin-sama
Tenjin-sama is the deified spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, revered in Japan as a powerful kami of scholarship, learning, and poetry.
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D.
Okimi
Okimi was a former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, that later became part of the city of Etajima through a municipal merger.
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E.
Inari Daimyōjin
Inari Daimyōjin is a major Japanese kami associated primarily with rice, fertility, prosperity, and foxes, widely venerated at countless Shinto shrines across Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
ⓘ
kami ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
archery
ⓘ
bushidō ⓘ samurai ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese tutelary deity
ⓘ
Japanese war deity ⓘ kami of archery ⓘ |
| countryOfCult | Japan ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Usa, Ōita Prefecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan
|
| cultSpread | spread throughout Japan from Kyushu ⓘ |
| epithet |
Great God of Hachiman
ⓘ
linked to:
Hachiman
|
| familyRelation |
often regarded as deified form of Emperor Ōjin
ⓘ
sometimes linked as son of Empress Jingū ⓘ |
| function |
granting victory in battle
ⓘ
protection of communities ⓘ protection of the imperial house ⓘ protection of the nation ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Ōkami ⓘ |
| identifiedWith |
Emperor Ōjin
ⓘ
bodhisattva ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Minamoto clan
ⓘ
samurai governments ⓘ |
| majorShrine |
Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū
ⓘ
linked to:
Iwashimizu Hachimangū
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū ⓘ
linked to:
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Usa Jingū ⓘ |
| numberOfShrines | one of the most widely enshrined kami in Japan ⓘ |
| periodOfProminence |
Heian period
ⓘ
Kamakura period ⓘ Nara period ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| role |
divine protector of Japan
ⓘ
guardian of the Japanese state ⓘ protector of the samurai class ⓘ protector of warriors ⓘ |
| symbol |
bow and arrows
ⓘ
dove ⓘ |
| syncretism | Shinto-Buddhist syncretic deity ⓘ |
| title | Great Bodhisattva Hachiman ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | protector of fishermen and farmers in some regions ⓘ |
| worshipForm |
enshrined in Hachiman-gū shrines
ⓘ
linked to:
Hachiman shrine
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| worshippedBy |
common people in Japan
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samurai class ⓘ warriors ⓘ |
| worshipType | state cult in ancient Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hachiman Ōkami Description of subject: Hachiman Ōkami is a major Shinto deity revered as the divine protector of Japan and its warriors, particularly associated with archery and the samurai class.
Referenced by (3)
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