Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine
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The Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine is a traditional Shinto music and boat festival held on Miyajima Island, featuring elaborately decorated vessels carrying musicians who perform ancient court music (gagaku) as they circle the sacred shrine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Itsukushima Shrine festivals | 1 |
| Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19164828 — 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: Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine Context triple: [Miyajima, hasFestival, Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine]
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Kumano Hongu Taisha Spring Festival
Kumano Hongu Taisha Spring Festival is a traditional Shinto celebration in Japan featuring rituals, processions, and ceremonies honoring the deities of the historic Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine.
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Atsuta Festival
The Atsuta Festival is a major annual Shinto celebration in Nagoya featuring traditional rituals, processions, and performances that honor the deities enshrined at Atsuta Shrine.
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C.
Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri
Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri is a historic annual Shinto festival in Nara, Japan, renowned for its elaborate processions, traditional performing arts, and rituals dedicated to the deities of Kasuga Taisha.
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Morioka Hachimangu Festival
The Morioka Hachimangu Festival is a traditional Shinto celebration in Morioka, Japan, featuring processions, performances, and rituals honoring the guardian deity of the region.
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E.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Reitaisai
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Reitaisai is the grand annual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine in Kamakura, featuring traditional Shinto rituals and events such as horseback archery (yabusame).
- 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: Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine Target entity description: The Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine is a traditional Shinto music and boat festival held on Miyajima Island, featuring elaborately decorated vessels carrying musicians who perform ancient court music (gagaku) as they circle the sacred shrine.
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A.
Kumano Hongu Taisha Spring Festival
Kumano Hongu Taisha Spring Festival is a traditional Shinto celebration in Japan featuring rituals, processions, and ceremonies honoring the deities of the historic Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine.
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B.
Atsuta Festival
The Atsuta Festival is a major annual Shinto celebration in Nagoya featuring traditional rituals, processions, and performances that honor the deities enshrined at Atsuta Shrine.
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C.
Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri
Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri is a historic annual Shinto festival in Nara, Japan, renowned for its elaborate processions, traditional performing arts, and rituals dedicated to the deities of Kasuga Taisha.
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D.
Morioka Hachimangu Festival
The Morioka Hachimangu Festival is a traditional Shinto celebration in Morioka, Japan, featuring processions, performances, and rituals honoring the guardian deity of the region.
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E.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Reitaisai
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Reitaisai is the grand annual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine in Kamakura, featuring traditional Shinto rituals and events such as horseback archery (yabusame).
- 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: Kangen-sai Festival at Itsukushima Shrine