Itsukushima Shrine
E247280
Itsukushima Shrine is a famous Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its "floating" torii gate that appears to rise from the sea at high tide.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Itsukushima Shrine canonical | 10 |
| Itsukushima | 1 |
| Itsukushima Shinto Shrine | 1 |
| Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima | 1 |
| Itsukushima Shrine torii | 1 |
| Itsukushima cultural landscape | 1 |
| Itsukushima-jinja | 1 |
| Rōmon of Itsukushima Shrine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1769377 — 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: Itsukushima Shrine Context triple: [Chūgoku region, knownFor, Itsukushima Shrine]
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A.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is a historically significant Shinto shrine in Kamakura, Japan, closely associated with the samurai and the Minamoto (Genji) clan.
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B.
Atsuta Shrine
Atsuta Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines, renowned for enshrining the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and attracting millions of pilgrims and visitors annually.
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C.
Akagi Shrine
Akagi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Japan dedicated to the worship of Mount Akagi’s deity, serving as a spiritual center for local mountain and nature veneration.
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D.
Ikuta Shrine
Ikuta Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine in Kobe, Japan, revered as one of the city's oldest religious sites and a symbol of local cultural heritage.
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E.
Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Grand Shrine is Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine complex, dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu and closely associated with the Japanese imperial family.
- 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: Itsukushima Shrine Target entity description: Itsukushima Shrine is a famous Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its "floating" torii gate that appears to rise from the sea at high tide.
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A.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is a historically significant Shinto shrine in Kamakura, Japan, closely associated with the samurai and the Minamoto (Genji) clan.
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B.
Atsuta Shrine
Atsuta Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines, renowned for enshrining the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and attracting millions of pilgrims and visitors annually.
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C.
Akagi Shrine
Akagi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Japan dedicated to the worship of Mount Akagi’s deity, serving as a spiritual center for local mountain and nature veneration.
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D.
Ikuta Shrine
Ikuta Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine in Kobe, Japan, revered as one of the city's oldest religious sites and a symbol of local cultural heritage.
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E.
Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Grand Shrine is Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine complex, dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu and closely associated with the Japanese imperial family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto shrine
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Itsukushima Shrine
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Itsukushima-jinja
|
| architecturalStyle | Shinden-zukuri ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Miyajima deer
ⓘ
100 Landscapes of Japan ⓘ
surface form:
Nihon Sankei (Three Views of Japan)
|
| category |
Shrines in Hiroshima Prefecture
ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto
ⓘ
Munakata goddesses ⓘ Tagitsuhime-no-Mikoto ⓘ Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto ⓘ
surface form:
Tagorihime-no-Mikoto
|
| famousFor |
floating torii gate that appears to rise from the sea at high tide
ⓘ
shrine buildings constructed over water on stilts ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 6th century ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Shinto priests
ⓘ
surface form:
Shinto priesthood
|
| hasPart |
Haiden
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Heiden ⓘ Honden ⓘ Noh stage ⓘ corridor network ⓘ floating torii gate ⓘ treasure hall ⓘ |
| hasStatus | one of Japan’s most famous scenic sites ⓘ |
| hasTorii | O-torii ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Important Cultural Property of Japan
National Treasures of Japan ⓘ
surface form:
National Treasure of Japan
|
| locatedIn |
Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture
ⓘ
Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ Itsukushima Island ⓘ Miyajima ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Seto Inland Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland |
Miyajima
ⓘ
surface form:
Itsukushima
|
| mainFestival | Kangen-sai ⓘ |
| mainFestivalMonth | June ⓘ |
| majorPatron | Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ |
| nearCity | Hatsukaichi ⓘ |
| partOf |
Itsukushima Shrine
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Itsukushima cultural landscape
|
| rebuiltInPeriod | Heian period ⓘ |
| rebuiltInYear | 1168 ⓘ |
| region | Chūgoku region ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| shrineBuildingsSupportedBy | wooden piles driven into seabed ⓘ |
| toriiFeature | stands in the sea and appears to float at high tide ⓘ |
| toriiHeight | about 16 meters ⓘ |
| toriiMaterial | camphor wood ⓘ |
| traditionallyFoundedBy | Saeki no Kuramoto ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| viewClassifiedAs | one of the Three Views of Japan ⓘ |
| visitorAccess | ferry from Miyajimaguchi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Itsukushima Shrine Description of subject: Itsukushima Shrine is a famous Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its "floating" torii gate that appears to rise from the sea at high tide.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Japan
subject surface form:
Western Japan
this entity surface form:
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
this entity surface form:
Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima
this entity surface form:
Itsukushima Shrine torii
this entity surface form:
Itsukushima-jinja
this entity surface form:
Itsukushima cultural landscape
this entity surface form:
Rōmon of Itsukushima Shrine
this entity surface form:
Itsukushima