Komusō monks
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Komusō monks were Edo-period Japanese mendicant Zen Buddhist monks known for wearing basket hats and playing the shakuhachi flute as a form of meditation and alms-seeking.
All labels observed (1)
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| Komusō monks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16834264 — 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: Komusō monks Context triple: [shakuhachi, historicalAssociation, Komusō monks]
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A.
Feuillant monks
Feuillant monks were members of a reformed Cistercian congregation known for their strict asceticism and influential presence in France during the late 16th and 17th centuries.
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B.
sōhei (warrior monks)
Sōhei were Japanese Buddhist warrior monks, most famously active from the Heian through Sengoku periods, who combined religious authority with military power and often intervened in political and territorial conflicts.
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C.
Sōtōshū Shūmuchō
Sōtōshū Shūmuchō is the central administrative headquarters that oversees and manages the institutional affairs of the Sōtō Zen Buddhist tradition.
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D.
Jain monks
Jain monks are fully ordained ascetics in Jainism who renounce worldly life to strictly observe non-violence, self-discipline, and spiritual practices aimed at liberation.
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E.
Shinto priests
Shinto priests are religious functionaries in Japan who conduct rituals, maintain shrines, and mediate between humans and the kami (spirits) in the Shinto tradition.
- 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: Komusō monks Target entity description: Komusō monks were Edo-period Japanese mendicant Zen Buddhist monks known for wearing basket hats and playing the shakuhachi flute as a form of meditation and alms-seeking.
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A.
Feuillant monks
Feuillant monks were members of a reformed Cistercian congregation known for their strict asceticism and influential presence in France during the late 16th and 17th centuries.
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B.
sōhei (warrior monks)
Sōhei were Japanese Buddhist warrior monks, most famously active from the Heian through Sengoku periods, who combined religious authority with military power and often intervened in political and territorial conflicts.
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C.
Sōtōshū Shūmuchō
Sōtōshū Shūmuchō is the central administrative headquarters that oversees and manages the institutional affairs of the Sōtō Zen Buddhist tradition.
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D.
Jain monks
Jain monks are fully ordained ascetics in Jainism who renounce worldly life to strictly observe non-violence, self-discipline, and spiritual practices aimed at liberation.
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E.
Shinto priests
Shinto priests are religious functionaries in Japan who conduct rituals, maintain shrines, and mediate between humans and the kami (spirits) in the Shinto tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.