Uesugi Festival
E259433
The Uesugi Festival is a major annual spring event in Yonezawa, Yamagata, featuring historical parades and large-scale reenactments of samurai battles associated with the Uesugi clan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uesugi Festival canonical | 6 |
| Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2347109 — 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: Uesugi Festival Context triple: [Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan, knownFor, Uesugi Festival]
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A.
Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
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B.
Niigata Festival
Niigata Festival is a major summer celebration in Niigata City, Japan, featuring traditional parades, folk dances, fireworks, and river events that highlight the region’s culture and history.
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C.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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D.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
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E.
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival
The Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival is a renowned classical music festival in Matsumoto, Japan, founded and led by conductor Seiji Ozawa, featuring high-level orchestral and operatic performances and educational programs.
- 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: Uesugi Festival Target entity description: The Uesugi Festival is a major annual spring event in Yonezawa, Yamagata, featuring historical parades and large-scale reenactments of samurai battles associated with the Uesugi clan.
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A.
Nagaoka Festival
The Nagaoka Festival is a major summer event in Nagaoka, Niigata, best known for its large-scale fireworks displays and traditional celebrations.
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B.
Niigata Festival
Niigata Festival is a major summer celebration in Niigata City, Japan, featuring traditional parades, folk dances, fireworks, and river events that highlight the region’s culture and history.
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C.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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D.
Tenjin Matsuri
Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals in Osaka, featuring elaborate river processions, traditional performances, and fireworks in honor of the deity of scholarship.
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E.
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival
The Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival is a renowned classical music festival in Matsumoto, Japan, founded and led by conductor Seiji Ozawa, featuring high-level orchestral and operatic performances and educational programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese festival
ⓘ
annual event ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Uesugi Kenshin
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Uesugi clan ⓘ Yonezawa Domain history ⓘ |
| attracts |
domestic tourists
ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
commemoration of Uesugi clan legacy
ⓘ
promotion of local tourism ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
Kawanakajima battle reenactment
ⓘ
historical parade ⓘ large-scale battle reenactment ⓘ samurai procession ⓘ |
| frequency | annually ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
food stalls
ⓘ
martial arts demonstrations ⓘ period costume performances ⓘ traditional performing arts ⓘ |
| hasParticipantRole |
armored samurai
ⓘ
ashigaru foot soldiers ⓘ warlords on horseback ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Sengoku period
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Uesugi clan history ⓘ samurai culture ⓘ |
| heldInMonth | April ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Yamagata Prefecture
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Yonezawa ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
around Uesugi Shrine
ⓘ
central Yonezawa city ⓘ
linked to:
Yonezawa, Yamagata
|
| organizedBy |
Yonezawa city authorities
ⓘ
local tourism organizations ⓘ |
| purpose |
community revitalization
ⓘ
preservation of regional history ⓘ |
| region |
Tohoku region
ⓘ
linked to:
Tohoku
|
| relatedTo |
Battle of Kawanakajima
ⓘ
Uesugi Shrine ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | spring ⓘ |
| typeOfParade | historical reenactment parade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uesugi Festival Description of subject: The Uesugi Festival is a major annual spring event in Yonezawa, Yamagata, featuring historical parades and large-scale reenactments of samurai battles associated with the Uesugi clan.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Uesugi Festival