Daijō-sai
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Daijō-sai is a grand, once-per-reign Shinto ritual in Japan in which a newly enthroned emperor offers the year’s first harvest to the deities and partakes of sacred rice to affirm his divine legitimacy.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14014329 — 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: Daijō-sai Context triple: [Niiname-sai, isRelatedTo, Daijō-sai]
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Gawai Sowa
Gawai Sowa is a traditional harvest and thanksgiving festival celebrated by the Bidayuh people of Borneo, marked by communal rituals, feasting, and cultural performances.
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Nachi-no-Hi Matsuri
Nachi-no-Hi Matsuri is a spectacular summer fire festival in Japan featuring massive flaming torches carried in procession to honor the deities of Nachi Waterfall.
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Sanja Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest and most famous Shinto festivals, celebrated annually in Asakusa with lively processions of mikoshi (portable shrines), traditional performances, and large crowds.
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Shikinen Sengū
Shikinen Sengū is the periodic ritual rebuilding and renewal of Shinto shrine structures, most famously practiced at Ise Grand Shrine every 20 years to preserve spiritual purity and traditional craftsmanship.
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Kamo Matsuri
Kamo Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s three major traditional festivals, featuring elaborate Heian-period processions to the Kamo Shrines each May.
- 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: Daijō-sai Target entity description: Daijō-sai is a grand, once-per-reign Shinto ritual in Japan in which a newly enthroned emperor offers the year’s first harvest to the deities and partakes of sacred rice to affirm his divine legitimacy.
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A.
Gawai Sowa
Gawai Sowa is a traditional harvest and thanksgiving festival celebrated by the Bidayuh people of Borneo, marked by communal rituals, feasting, and cultural performances.
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B.
Nachi-no-Hi Matsuri
Nachi-no-Hi Matsuri is a spectacular summer fire festival in Japan featuring massive flaming torches carried in procession to honor the deities of Nachi Waterfall.
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C.
Sanja Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest and most famous Shinto festivals, celebrated annually in Asakusa with lively processions of mikoshi (portable shrines), traditional performances, and large crowds.
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D.
Shikinen Sengū
Shikinen Sengū is the periodic ritual rebuilding and renewal of Shinto shrine structures, most famously practiced at Ise Grand Shrine every 20 years to preserve spiritual purity and traditional craftsmanship.
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E.
Kamo Matsuri
Kamo Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s three major traditional festivals, featuring elaborate Heian-period processions to the Kamo Shrines each May.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Daijō-sai