Gozu Tennō
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Gozu Tennō is a syncretic Japanese deity historically associated with disease prevention and protection, later identified with the Shinto god Susanoo and venerated at shrines such as Gion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gozu Tennō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15175256 — 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: Gozu Tennō Context triple: [Gion Shrine, dedicatedTo, Gozu Tennō]
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A.
Tennō
Tennō is the Japanese term for the Emperor of Japan, regarded as the ceremonial and symbolic monarch and, in tradition, a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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B.
Daigo-tennō
Daigo-tennō was a Heian-period Japanese emperor remembered for his relatively stable and prosperous reign and for being one of the last rulers to exercise significant direct imperial authority before the rise of powerful regents and warrior clans.
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C.
Genmei-tennō
Genmei-tennō was the 43rd monarch of Japan, a Nara-period empress known for establishing Heijō-kyō (Nara) as the imperial capital.
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D.
Ōjin-tennō
Ōjin-tennō is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally regarded as the 15th ruler of Japan and later venerated as the god of war, Hachiman.
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E.
Genshō-tennō
Genshō-tennō was an 8th-century Japanese empress who ruled during the Nara period and is notable as one of the few women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
- 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: Gozu Tennō Target entity description: Gozu Tennō is a syncretic Japanese deity historically associated with disease prevention and protection, later identified with the Shinto god Susanoo and venerated at shrines such as Gion.
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A.
Tennō
Tennō is the Japanese term for the Emperor of Japan, regarded as the ceremonial and symbolic monarch and, in tradition, a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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B.
Daigo-tennō
Daigo-tennō was a Heian-period Japanese emperor remembered for his relatively stable and prosperous reign and for being one of the last rulers to exercise significant direct imperial authority before the rise of powerful regents and warrior clans.
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C.
Genmei-tennō
Genmei-tennō was the 43rd monarch of Japan, a Nara-period empress known for establishing Heijō-kyō (Nara) as the imperial capital.
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D.
Ōjin-tennō
Ōjin-tennō is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally regarded as the 15th ruler of Japan and later venerated as the god of war, Hachiman.
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E.
Genshō-tennō
Genshō-tennō was an 8th-century Japanese empress who ruled during the Nara period and is notable as one of the few women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.