Jurōjin
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Jurōjin is a Japanese deity of longevity and wisdom, traditionally depicted as an old man with a staff and scroll, and revered as one of Japan’s Seven Lucky Gods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jurōjin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19596593 — 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: Jurōjin Context triple: [Seven Lucky Gods, member, Jurōjin]
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A.
Kyojin
Kyojin is the popular nickname of the Yomiuri Giants, one of Japan’s most historic and successful professional baseball teams.
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B.
Akabira
Akabira is a small city in central Hokkaido, Japan, historically known as a coal-mining town.
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C.
Tenchō
Tenchō was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the early Heian period, used during the reign of Emperor Junna.
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D.
Yasakaji
Yasakaji is a Buddhist temple in Japan known as Temple 47 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
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E.
Sadaijin
Sadaijin was a high-ranking ministerial post in Japan’s imperial court, typically overseeing the left side of the government and ranking just below the chancellor in the classical ritsuryō system.
- 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: Jurōjin Target entity description: Jurōjin is a Japanese deity of longevity and wisdom, traditionally depicted as an old man with a staff and scroll, and revered as one of Japan’s Seven Lucky Gods.
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A.
Kyojin
Kyojin is the popular nickname of the Yomiuri Giants, one of Japan’s most historic and successful professional baseball teams.
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B.
Akabira
Akabira is a small city in central Hokkaido, Japan, historically known as a coal-mining town.
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C.
Tenchō
Tenchō was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the early Heian period, used during the reign of Emperor Junna.
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D.
Yasakaji
Yasakaji is a Buddhist temple in Japan known as Temple 47 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
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E.
Sadaijin
Sadaijin was a high-ranking ministerial post in Japan’s imperial court, typically overseeing the left side of the government and ranking just below the chancellor in the classical ritsuryō system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.